grandfather
Example Sentences
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Both of his grandfathers were small-business owners, and he spent his summers working for them as a landscaper and helping out with carpentry work.
Chani then says if the pair have a boy, she would name him Leto "so that he would have the wisdom of his grandfather".
From BBC
‘Nobody knows. My grandfather didn’t get far before the Spirit stopped him. The Spirit always stops them. Maybe -maybe you will be different.’
From Literature
And then before he’s forced to comment either way, the grandfather clock in the hallway begins to strike.
From Literature
Known as the Crab, because he was born with an extra finger, the hulking Rodriguez Castro is a lieutenant colonel in the island’s interior ministry in charge of his grandfather’s security detail.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
