How to Use grandpa in a Sentence

grandpa

noun
  • My grandpa used to say we were born with grease in our veins.
    — Rashika Jaipuriar, IndyStar, 29 Jan. 2026
  • My grandpa used to make wine in the Bronx.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025
  • His mom is there, and his grandpa's on set with him a lot of times.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2022
  • My grandpa was a cowboy and farmer.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
  • My grandpa would give me a quarter.
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Jon Bon Jovi is a grandpa again!
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 10 Nov. 2025
  • My grandpa went there, my dad went there, my sister went there.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Her grandpa died two years ago, and her grandma now lives out of town.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • So grandpa could be out there helping the tulips bloom in just a few months.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
  • And those little kids who used to go with their dad, now that dad is a grandpa.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 11 June 2021
  • Nor’easter used to sound scary by itself, but that’s your grandpa’s storm.
    — Mark Arsenault, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Just like my grandpa, he was filled with laughter and knew how to have a good time.
    — Elsa Cavazos, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Terry was a point guard who could read the court like no one else, said his grandpa.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The twins learn that their grandpa is being hunted by a loan shark.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Our grandpa gave the watch to me a few years later, for my birthday.
    — D. S. Waldman, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Basque bread and the bean stew are her Basque grandpa’s recipes.
    — Flora Tsapovsky, SFChronicle.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • My grandma is so rude to my grandpa's wife and even likes to talk about her in front of her.
    — Henry J. Morgan, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Brown jokes that the players and maybe even the coaches see him as a grandpa.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2022
  • My great-grandpa was a general in the shah’s army.
    — Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • My great-grandpa was a general in the shah's army.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Your father-in-law will never be the grandpa your dad would have been.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
  • My grandpa used to say that half of doing a good job was having the right tools for it.
    — Gary Markle, sun-sentinel.com, 20 May 2021
  • And my grandpa was going to be so excited to be a part of it.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • My grandpa was the pinkie ring that The Irishman was based on.
    — Vulture, 9 June 2022
  • Eminem's going to be a grandpa again.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Steven Spielberg is winning the award for best grandpa of the year.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is a country ballad about his dying grandpa’s words to live by.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The look of joy on Charles' face in the candid moment is peak grandpa.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 18 Nov. 2018
  • From the convention speech to hanging out with the grandpa in the golf course.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The grandkids and grandpa are enjoying the heck out of life.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

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