grandfather

Example Sentences

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Years later, the boy is grown and he’s driving his elderly grandfather; he calls back to what he was once taught.

From Los Angeles Times

It tells the story of a grandfather who educates his granddaughter Mona about the beauty of art after she is told by doctors she risks going blind.

From Barron's

Babci sat at her kitchen table, wearing one of my grandfather’s old dress shirts, her hair half up and half down, the picture of a ragamuffin.

From Literature

First thing in the morning I’d follow Ma and Togbe, my grandfather, even when they tried to shoo me off to school.

From Literature

The son of The Night Manager author has said the series' villain is inspired by his own "evil" grandfather.

From BBC