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

"My granddad was a train driver," she tells me, adding: "I'm really proud of what we're intending to do."

From BBC • May 23, 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

The birth of his first child has apparently given Shohei Ohtani granddad strength.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

“I’m not sure. He’s in a picture with my granddad and some cats from around the way, but like...he’s just a random young white dude. Just seems kinda odd.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older