granddad

Example Sentences

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Student Ella told the BBC that losing her granddad during Covid had made her value spending more time with her grandma.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 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

Olivia's message read: "If you find my bottle please ring my granddad John."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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