grandpa

Example Sentences

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"You were our little grandpa baby," Boudol wrote in a farewell post on Instagram.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"His dad was a cop, his grandpa was a cop, and he just got hired onto NYPD, too," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“Your grandpa would be ashamed of your boys,” reads its website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It’s fantastic for some pizza with grandma and grandpa.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

"That's where my grandpa lived. How about that? In another life, we might have been neighbors. Hey, maybe they even knew him? He was pretty famous around there. Captain Heropants."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda