How to Use granddad in a Sentence

granddad

noun
  • Very much like what my granddad would have done.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • There might still be whiskey around that his granddad touched.
    — Tony Sachs, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Their granddad had the business, and their dad passed it on to them.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Dads and granddads promised to teach their sons about the right ways to treat women.
    — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2017
  • My great-granddad was a playwright.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Recliners have come a long way from the beast your granddad sat in.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The boys knew of it from stories their granddad told them growing up.
    — Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • My granddad fell this morning while mowing the lawn and broke his hip.
    — Allison Klein, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020
  • My dad worked the coal mine, my granddad worked the coal mine, my brothers work the coal mine.
    — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Dads and granddads will receive a free root beer float with the purchase of any meal.
    — Weldon Johnson, azcentral, 10 June 2019
  • There are pictures of my granddad holding me in his lap with a mandolin.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Will has true mentors like having uncles and granddads there.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 16 Oct. 2019
  • His granddad would get big buckets of ice water, and drop the melons inside to cool them down.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2022
  • Both my parents did, with my late granddad got me that first experience.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 4 Mar. 2024
  • My granddad is now 66 years of age and knows nothing about his father or his origins.
    — The Root, 7 July 2017
  • On top of that my parents and my wife are Korean and my granddad lives here so that would be great.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
  • When a granddad takes his grandchildren fishing, this is the sort of thing that keeps them from eating the fish.
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 1 Mar. 2020
  • My granddad wasn’t a civil-rights activist—more informed by his Catholic faith.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 19 May 2018
  • After my granddad’s death, her sister Wilma sometimes came with her.
    — Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 May 2018
  • Your granddad never got to give his side of the story — something most lynch victims had in common.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • My reasoning was that my dad, his dad, and his granddad all had Huntington’s.
    — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 28 Aug. 2017
  • My granddad is 95 now, nearly, and he's always been a father figure to me.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • This led him to spend hours playing video games while sneaking unhealthy snacks—until his granddad got in touch with the brothers.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The four boys also joined their granddad in a vintage car at the Hall of Fame parade on the day of the event.
    — Emy Lacroix, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • This gun was given to my granddad’s cousin during a miner’s strike in the 1950s.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Feb. 2021
  • And when Thomas asks why his granddad Tom killed himself, Ace says his spirit was broken.
    — Kimberly Potts, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The best gift for dad—whether for a new dad, step-dad, granddad, or metaphorical dad—is one that’s individual to them.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Father's Day is approaching fast, and there's no one gift that will fit every dad, granddad or male figure in your life.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 6 June 2019
  • Now, to be clear, Mattiussi isn't the first guy since MJ and your granddad to endorse this move.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The Stuedle’s had a farm there and my granddad and one of his brothers married Stuedle sisters.
    — Nancy Stearns Theiss, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2017

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