How to Use granddaddy in a Sentence

granddaddy

noun
  • The granddaddy of them all, this is the vanguard of the style.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • And now the granddaddy tree belongs to the city.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • My grandson ain't gonna march for the same things that my granddaddy marched for.
    — Aaron Morrison, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Then, of course, there’s the granddaddy of them all, at least in terms of impact.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2017
  • This sinkhole is the granddaddy of all potholes up in the city.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019
  • My granddaddy always used to say to make hay while the sun's shining.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Then the old granddaddy of all the deer tribes came out of the thicket and followed the does.
    — Chester Chatfield, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And then the old granddaddy of all the deer tribes came out of the thicket and followed the does.
    — Chester Chatfield, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This ain’t your granddaddy’s Spud.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Heck, this is barely even your granddaddy's game anymore.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • This is the granddaddy issue, and one people never think about.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 11 July 2018
  • The granddaddy of the city’s culinary scene isn’t some starchy, white-tablecloth restaurant, though.
    — Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • The brand may be 150 years old, but this isn’t your great-great-granddaddy’s Wiedemann.
    — Matt Koesters, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The granddaddy of today's X5M, this car has some of us worried.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 May 2021
  • That’s the nickname my granddaddy gave me, basically from the time I was born.
    — Tony Sachs, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Saving Private Ryan was the granddaddy of a number of things.
    — Katie Sanders, Time, 22 May 2026
  • To this day, mention of Dillinger's name elicits tales of granddaddies who shot pool with him, cut his hair, or drove his getaway car.
    — Neal Taflinger, Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The granddaddy that’s been tucked off Providence Road for years, this is half wine market and half deli.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Through the first three quarters of the Granddaddy of them All, the Huskies all looked like granddaddies.
    — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 1 Jan. 2019
  • But for real chills and scares, the granddaddy The Blair Witch Project still is the crown jewel.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
  • And, of course, the granddaddy of all self-preventing prophecies, 1984.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Ohio The former granddaddy of all the swing states, Ohio has lost a bit of its luster since 2016.
    — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The Midnight Sun baseball game is the granddaddy of all things solstice in Alaska.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2018
  • The granddaddy of them all, the holy shrine of stone crab, Joe’s stayed open for the summer, but today marks its 106th stone crab season.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The granddaddy of the bunch is the trunk, available in black or the brand’s signature red, with a whopping maximized volume of up to 99 liters.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The granddaddy and brankroller of them all, football, still hasn’t won a conference title since Slocum in 1998.
    — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2022
  • The Death Star is the granddaddy of all megabuilds, weighing in at 435 trillion Legos.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2016
  • This came to a head in the Panic of 1907, the granddaddy of panics, when the banking system collapsed.
    — Maureen O’Hara, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But some years, the granddaddy of all entertainment awards shows has had a distinctly Bay Area resonance.
    — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Horror anthologies are a tradition in British cinema, and this collection of bite-sized frights is the granddaddy of them all.
    — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025

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