Examples of gran in a Sentence
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My gran is the most incredible person ever and gave each of her grandkids £20,000 to go towards a property and donated the rest.
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refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Go race a gran fondo—and win.
—Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Lucas Brouwers gives his gran a 23andme test to see how the risk predictions stack up in hindsight Making new neurons by reprogramming another type of brain cell.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2012
Since Nicoleta started preaching the gospel of gran on TikTok, the term has gained traction with the many women in the great pantheon of coastal grandmothers.
—Glamour, 26 Apr. 2022
In true Disney fashion, though, all these things should be able to be enjoyed alongside not merely your date but also your wee, darling daughter (over whom the dancers will fawn) and your dear, old, great gran.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
Fans of The Farewell, about a struggling twenty-something in New York missing her gran in China, indeed might find superficial similarities between Nora From Queens and Lulu Wang's award-winning film.
—Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
In a video posted by Daily Mail online, the Queen can be seen in the backseat of a Range Rover and sitting right next to the groom’s gran, peeping out of the window, is an adorable beagle.
—Southern Living, 18 May 2018
My gran would tell me how my grandfather would turn himself into a cat at night.
—Alex Frank, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
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refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2024
Go race a gran fondo—and win.
—Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Lucas Brouwers gives his gran a 23andme test to see how the risk predictions stack up in hindsight Making new neurons by reprogramming another type of brain cell.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2012
Since Nicoleta started preaching the gospel of gran on TikTok, the term has gained traction with the many women in the great pantheon of coastal grandmothers.
—Glamour, 26 Apr. 2022
In true Disney fashion, though, all these things should be able to be enjoyed alongside not merely your date but also your wee, darling daughter (over whom the dancers will fawn) and your dear, old, great gran.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
Fans of The Farewell, about a struggling twenty-something in New York missing her gran in China, indeed might find superficial similarities between Nora From Queens and Lulu Wang's award-winning film.
—Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
In a video posted by Daily Mail online, the Queen can be seen in the backseat of a Range Rover and sitting right next to the groom’s gran, peeping out of the window, is an adorable beagle.
—Southern Living, 18 May 2018
My gran would tell me how my grandfather would turn himself into a cat at night.
—Alex Frank, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
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“Gran.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gran. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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