How to Use granny in a Sentence

granny

noun

• The chickens were cooked low and slow in the pits, as his granny might have done.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• But the one person who didn’t want to talk was my granny.
  — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
• In other words, claims of a granny tax just aren’t true.
  — The Star-Telegram Editorial Board, star-telegram, 2 Mar. 2018
• My granny was also very into the tea spoons in the fridge.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2021
• Bob watched Vernon collect the kids and wife and granny and head to the cashier at the entrance.
  — Tom Hanks, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
• In all, the granny sweaters of late are cooler and craftier than most.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2017
• It's been granny for a while, maybe his parents in the future.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• That would be the humble brooch—although these aren’t the kind of brooches your granny used to wear.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
• Who would have thought that granny chic would make a comeback like this?
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 June 2018
• The granny-gears on the new mountain bikes are amazing and make climbing a breeze.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2021
• Days later, at around 4 AM on April 27th, my sweet granny left us.
  — Molly Burford, SELF, 18 Dec. 2020
• The 6-11 center takes granny-style shots to warm up ahead of the game, including from half-court.
  — Katherine Fitzgerald, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2021
• The police teamed up with the U.S. Postal Service to nab the alleged law-breaking granny.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 15 Mar. 2018
• A few streets away, a white-haired granny painted Easter eggs.
  — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, 14 July 2017
• To her dismay, gone are her cute thongs, replaced by granny panties.
  — Susan Gubar, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
• One by one, my friends confessed their secret love for granny panties.
  — Leeann Duggan, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2017
• Like great-granny, Anne has long been more respected than adored.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2022
• All that’s left now are two physical tests – a broad jump, and a granny-throw with a weighted medicine ball – and we’re done.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2018
• And on the other side, the black township of Valspan where Naledi and her granny lived, jumbled and thrumming.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2018
• Initially, the Queen's youngest granddaughter had no idea her granny was the monarch.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 19 May 2022
• If the whole car is covered in crochet granny squares, why is this dude knitting the side view cover?
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 12 Jan. 2018
• The nightgowned granny stalking a high school homeroom.
  — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
• Take classic granny squares and turn them into a scarf with pockets!
  — Mariana Tuma, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
• My granny was the strongest rock in our family and my mother was my true North.
  — Amy Capetta, Good Housekeeping, 26 Nov. 2017
• Some of the kids call her Ms. Diane, but to many in the afterschool program, she is known as grandma or granny.
  — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2021
• My granny had this old-school dressing table with powder puffs and used to do me up in makeup.
  — Daniel Jackson, Allure, 12 Dec. 2017
• And when paired with a leopard print skirt, retro granny-chic charm necklace and a peekaboo flash of bra strap? All the better.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2017
• As Shanna got ready for school Wednesday morning, her granny called her over.
  — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2021
• One of the film’s most poignant scenes is a final-act tête-à-tête between modern gal Mary and her dear granny about all that the two have in common.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• Segal’s Kettner Rowhomes, 16 of them with a few freestanding granny flats in back, lines most of the block along Kettner.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024