granddad

Example Sentences

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"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

"It was only when they get cancer in their 40s and 50s, and remember their auntie had cancer, and their granddad."

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

"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

“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