How to Use grandparent in a Sentence

grandparent

noun
  • My great-grandparents buried her in a shoe-box.
    — Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Tori asks again as the two drive to the grandparents' house.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • My grandparents were on the boat.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Bring your dogs, your kids, your grandparents.
    — Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Life with his grandparents was good.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • From their dad, from their grandparents.
    — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Looking for a unique gift for that hard to buy for grandparent?
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Any grandparent on your list will love this massive box of treats.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • A lot of them did not know her, but their parents and grandparents did.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The video calls are for grandparents and grandkid to bond.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • For some, that meant grandparents.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
  • And my mom was very proud and his other grandparents [were too].
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That could be a spouse, that could be a parent, that could be a grandparent.
    — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
  • And my mom was very proud, and his other grandparents [were too].
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • First his grandparents ran it, then his mom, aunt and uncle.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • These are the places that have been around since our parents and grandparents were kids.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The app that helped create the idea of video chats with grandparents is still in the game.
    — Houston Chronicle, 25 May 2020
  • That's right -- your grandparents might've beat you to the cute kitty craze.
    — Scottie Andrew and Marnie Hunter, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • This is not your grandparents’ Catskills.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Children might watch and learn as grandparents play games such as mah-jongg or cards with friends.
    — Marina Lopes, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The grandparent in the room who grew up with Elmo too.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Most of us grew up with grandparents or aunts who had that one room where no one was allowed to go.
    — Brené Brown, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So did his parents and his grandparents.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
  • My grandparents moved many times over her life, and each new house gave her the chance to switch things up decor wise.
    — Katie Akin, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There is a sycamore in the front yard of my grandparents’ house, the house where my father grew up.
    — Ryan Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • So to still have two grandparents who are pretty healthy is a blessing.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • My grandparents love coming to these games.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Timmer said the table has been there since his grandparents ran the store.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
  • The jobs of our parents and grandparents are not like the jobs many adults hold today.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In Oregon, grandparents have been forced to cope in unique ways.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2020

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