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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Puelm said he wished he had known earlier and been able to "ask more questions" of his grandmother before her death.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“It somehow felt like it was upper-class,” Nana, my paternal grandmother, recently told me.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

And lo and behold, when Maggie was born, Sharon the Star became a doting, if somewhat flighty, grandmother.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith