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

Elaine Muirhead, from Bishopbriggs, was a grandmother who loved spending time with her family and grandchildren.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Yes, I am interested in education and I would like to know something about methods in the other world. Spelling, for example. How does my grandmother now spell the word ‘scissors’?”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock