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

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

“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