granddad

Example Sentences

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"It is really good to go back to Longford and Leitrim, go back to where our granddad went to school, where our nan grew up, it was very special."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The Jam's Paul Weller says he is very lucky to be "just another granddad" as he prepares to launch his new album.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

"I'm just another granddad around. I love to see that continuation in life and the next generation going on. I'm very lucky", he said.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The farms, like the seven-hundred-acre one that Reggie’s maternal granddad, Wilford, once tended, grew beets, mostly, and corn and wheat.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel