granddad

Example Sentences

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The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

"I've got his name on my shorts, I'll be doing my granddad proud and I'll be there to represent him."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 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

Ray says he feels "lucky" to have had access to the drug via the NHS, especially now he is a granddad to Willow.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

In the Second World War this same Oxo tin went to Singapore and back with my granddad.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell