How to Use grandfather in a Sentence

grandfather

1 of 2 noun

• Then my grandfather died and there was no one left to scold him.
  — Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• The next morning, Alex and her grandfather drove down to the farm to find the area blanketed in thick fog.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• Berry is also a father to a set of twins — a boy and a girl — who have the support of their grandfather.
  — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• The home was built in the 1880s by Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr., the president's grandfather.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• My beloved grandfather, a union ironworker with the Local 37, was there to place him back atop the State House.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• Viall’s family had to sell the home 32 years ago when his grandfather died when Viall was 9 years old.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• His widowed grandfather needed an aide, but the first didn’t work out.
  — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
• Vincent Salazar, the grandfather of Layla Salazar, said children were scared to go to school.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• The boy’s mother and grandfather had been in the area since early morning, and more relatives showed up as the day went on.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• His grandfather was in the fifth tier of the Russian establishment.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• Their fathers worked for me; their grandfathers worked for my father.
  — Sarah Marshall, Travel, 23 Jan. 2024
• Hurt by Alaina’s absence, Sadie embarks on a journey with the guidance of her grandfather.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 June 2023
• My grandfather fished out a dollar bill and collected 95 cents in change.
  — Bob Brody, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
• In 1916, the historian’s grandfather was the last person buried there.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Perry believed that the book was taken out from the library in 1927 by his wife’s grandfather, who then passed it down, Kreiden said.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• The deputy’s father and grandfather both served in the sheriff’s department, Luna said.
  — Stephanie Becker, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
• Donald Collins had enlisted in the Marines, just like his father and grandfather.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The woman then told her young daughter to grab a card for herself, and to draw something that reminded her of her grandfather.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Edie Falco and Joe Pesci also star as his mother and grandfather.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
• His suicide came on the heels of my mother’s death a year before, and just weeks later, my grandfather died in a car accident.
  — Cara Poland, STAT, 20 Dec. 2023
• There were mangos, guavas, avocados, and more, but the crop that mesmerized me most was the coffee, which my grandfather would dry and roast right in the front yard.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
• Not long after Choate arrived, a law enforcement posse led by a pair of bloodhounds, George and Queen, went to the grandfather’s home and arrested the teen.
  — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• On a cold Saturday in January, Deshon spent the last night of his life roller skating with the new skates his grandfather had just bought him for Christmas.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2023
• Rennick, who grew up in the city of Vernon in British Columbia, has battled fires most of his life—as did his father and grandfather.
  — Omar Mouallem, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
• Six-year-old Carson and his grandfather James Conley are best buddies.
  — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Green's grandfather and brother died by suicide and his sister and nephew were murdered.
  — Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
• My college-age children also support me but want to go to the wedding, as this is their grandfather and they have been spared from the worst of his behavior.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
• His grandfather blessed Sequeira’s first canoe, which was stored for years in the Lindsey family’s yard.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• My grandfather’s family is originally from Romania and Hungary, in that area, and many of them were murdered in the Holocaust.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
• Both still enjoy gaming with their father and grandfather but have many friends, hobbies and sport activities.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024

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grandfather

2 of 2 verb

• But this point, Brady should just be grandfathered in to the Madden 99 club.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 15 July 2019
• Nevada was grandfathered in when the law was passed in 1992.
  — NBC News, 14 May 2018
• Through Week 3 of this season, about 40 were still in use that were grandfathered in.
  — Rob Maaddi, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Most of my straight male friends were grandfathered in from high school and college.
  — Meredith Goldstein, Health.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• But Bill Belichick is grandfathered in, in a who-are-you-to-question-him kind of way.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 29 July 2019
• Anyone who joins early on will grandfathered in and not have to pay in the future, the team said in its blog post.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2017
• Those already in the program would be grandfathered in.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
• Plus, guns made and owned prior to the ban were grandfathered in, making them legal to own and transfer.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
• But not all are dangerous, and some were grandfathered in.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• They were grandfathered into rules in place before passage of the Budget Act of 2015.
  — Mark Miller, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• Some billboards as high as 60 feet have been grandfathered, said spokeswoman Cindy Vasquez.
  — Bill Hanna, star-telegram, 9 Oct. 2017
• The bill grandfathered in ordinances that passed prior to Jan. 1, but Carmel passed its ordinance a week and a half too late.
  — Kaitlin L Lange, Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2018
• Homes with more than three dogs would not be grandfathered in, but would receive a grace period.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The smokers, no longer allowed in Cleveland, will be grandfathered in for a buyer, says Norm, who is just selling the space, not his recipes.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• In any case, current enrollees are grandfathered in, right?
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
• Banning was grandfathered into the old price but Tesla's website wasn't set up for that.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018
• Cruz, whose father and grandfather each played for more than a decade in the major leagues, could play multiple positions with the Tigers.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2020
• Some players like Hingis and Venus Williams were grandfathered in; otherwise, the pipeline of teenage phenoms all but dried up.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
• The family’s imprint on the race begins with Dan Seavey, father to Mitch and grandfather to Dallas.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2021
• People who own guns would be grandfathered into the system.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
• That enables the duchy to charge small ground rents to homeowners grandfathered into long leases, like Mr. Davis.
  — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
• Any project that has qualified before the law expires will be grandfathered in.
  — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Current plans will be grandfathered in, the official said.
  — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• The FCC grandfathered in existing station groups that exceeded the cap but said the exception could not be transfered in a sale.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2017
• City residents who own guns and accessories outlined in the bills would be grandfathered.
  — Marcy Oster, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• And because a number of weapons were grandfathered in — and production was increased prior to the ban — there still were many such weapons legally owned, even after the ban.
  — Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• Families who have children at the old site, which is closing, will be grandfathered with a small price increase at the new center, but only for one year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• At the time, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the city, though still studying the issue, thought its rules would be grandfathered in as they were approved ahead of the state law.
  — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• But all of this can be avoided if Democrats instead simply grandfather in existing enrollees and leave it at that.
  — Brian Blase, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• The act would grandfather foreign investors from loss of their funds by virtue of retroactive effect of EB-5 developments and create a safety net to protect them.
  — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024