granddad

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

"My granny and granddad came down from Bellshill, which is a mining community outside Glasgow. They never lost their accent because you're in amongst it, you know?"

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Maybe he’d gotten his optimism from his granddad Clive Marlowe.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis