granddad

Example Sentences

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"My granddad who got me into the sport sadly passed away a few months ago," said Jones.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 9, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

“Bud,” she said, “Mr. C.—excuse me, your granddad didn’t know anything about you. No one knew where your mother had gone.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis