Grandfather means: A father of someone's parent. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Grandfather in practice.
Grandfather in a sentence
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Grandfather meaning
- A father of someone's parent.
- A male forefather.
- The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
Synonyms of Grandfather
Example sentences (20)
A Queensland grandfather has died after allegedly waiting hours in an ambulance for a hospital bed west of Brisbane.
A beloved husband of Pat, dearly loved father of James, Craig and Emma and Grandfather to Ben, Eliza and Dorothy.
A committed father and grandfather, Bob embraced his family with every fiber of his energetic and colorful existence.
A jury has retired in the trial of a lorry driver accused of killing a grandfather of six by driving dangerously.
After losing his grandfather, mother and two sisters to cancer, he is determined to face death on his terms.
Andrea Gintert of Champion attended the ceremony with her son, Nathan, 4. Nathan’s grandfather is a veteran.
Almost 75 years after the death of their grandfather, the three surviving sisters parted with these pieces during a 2021 auction.
A grandfather has slammed 'irresponsible' behaviour after a 'BB gun was fired through his window' and says he was lucky not to be hurt.
A much-loved dad, grandfather and partner is among those being remembered in Surrey's death notices and funeral announcements this week.
Adored grandfather to Rachel, David, Jenna and Leah and great grandfather to Thomas, Daniel, Mia, Bobby and Jack.
A dearly loved father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be sadly missed by all his family and friends.
Loving grandfather to Katie, Levi, Misha, Jaz and Adam and great grandfather to Evie, Mia, Emily, Finley and Florence.
His grandfather was a firefighter in Johannesburg in the 80s and his great grandfather was also a fire safety officer.
Proud grandfather of Ricky, Samantha, Justin, Damian, Daniel and Jenna, as well as great grandfather to Nixon.
Alex, his mother and grandfather all vanished in 2017 while they were on holiday in Spain.
Beloved husband of Carol, loving father of Mike and Bob, a father-in-law and grandfather.
Four generations before Mansa Suleiman who died in 1360 CE, his grandfather's grandfather (Saraq Jata) had embraced Islam.
An anime series could have dissected these flashbacks, how he tried to balance both jobs and how he struggled when his grandfather became ill.
Much loved Husband of Gwendoline (deceased) and loving Father to Lynne, Paul and Sharon, Grandfather and Great Grandfather.
After his grandfather died as well, the scholar’s mother struggled with clinical depression and died of an overdose of barbiturates soon after.
Common combinations with grandfather
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his grandfather 46×
- grandfather and 36×
- great grandfather 26×
- father grandfather 19×
- and grandfather 18×
- her grandfather 15×
- grandfather to 14×
- my grandfather 11×
- maternal grandfather 10×
- grandfather of 9×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word grandfather. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.