grandfather
Example Sentences
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"My grandfather started this, then my father, and now it's my turn," the 49-year-old said.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
His father and grandfather were in the Air Force and his uncle was in the Army.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Her grandfather - Dudley Herschbach – won a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Mr. Lemann’s grandfather, Montefiore Mordecai Lemann, took a different route.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“But the grandfather clock can’t tell you when that might happen.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
