grandmother

Example Sentences

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“My German grandmother, on whom Lina is partly based, was terrifying,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Fahd and Sam's grandmother, Firyal, who was also in the car, have given their accounts of what happened next.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

My grandmother and my father, though they disliked each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Felix Puelm, a 42-year-old history professor, told AFP that he discovered his now-deceased grandmother had joined the Nazis in 1940 when she was 19.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“First, your grandmother has the nerve to take you on some out-of-state field trip, without asking me. When I demand an explanation, all she says is ‘It had to be done.’

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold