grandpa

Example Sentences

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There, Lindstrom made a short film about his grandpa that landed him a spot in the MFA program at Columbia University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

"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

So my grandpa doesn’t receive much Social Security, but he makes it work because he uses his money wisely.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Knowing my old grandpa as I did, I had the feeling that he was trying to tell me something but I couldn’t figure out what it was.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls