granddad

Example Sentences

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Michael Kitching suspects his granddad did not know about it because of the social shame.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Growing up, Liv knew her granddad and multiple siblings had lost their lives early to dementia before she was born, and she was a teenager when she started noticing her mum's out-of-character behaviour.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

Student Ella told the BBC that losing her granddad during Covid had made her value spending more time with her grandma.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

The new album’s closer, “Remember My Name,” is a brass-band love song “from the perspective of my granddad to my grandmother when she had dementia and he was looking after her,” the singer said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

“I live in Stockport. I help my granddad in his office in the week, and he pays for my petrol, but I can’t come here every weekend.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein