grandfather

Example Sentences

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“That was never what I wanted. It’s not what my father, grandfather or uncle wanted.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

She relocated to the country of her birth in the early 1960s with my grandfather, José Miranda, after frost and drought ruined the family farm in their hometown of El Cargadero.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"My grandfather started this, then my father, and now it's my turn," the 49-year-old said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Her grandfather - Dudley Herschbach – won a Nobel Prize in chemistry.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“I sat on it. I sat on my ass, which sat on the rifle, which had belonged to my grandfather during the Civil War that he did not fight in.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse