grandfather

Example Sentences

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Christian Rainer, from Austria, told the BBC he found the name of his grandfather "within a few seconds".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Rainer never met his grandfather, who died shortly before he was born in 1961.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

His grandfather, a general, was linked to the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, a dark chapter in Mexico’s history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

My grandfather, who was a 70-hour-a-week physician — graduated medical school in 1920 — took a look at me two hours after I was born and told my mom, “He’s gonna be trouble.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

‘My grandfather once got close to the Mountain,’ he’d explained when Torak had woken him in the night.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver