How to Use granddaughter in a Sentence

granddaughter

noun
  • As the storm bore down, Mae Smith made her granddaughter sleep in a room on the side of the house with fewer trees.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • What do your daughters and granddaughters think about all of this?
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In the unedited video, Biden places the sticker above his granddaughter's chest and kisses her on the cheek.
    Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But don’t write in it hoping it will be seen by your granddaughter.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
  • One of her young granddaughters had somehow nabbed a frilly dress.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The unworn onesies are just a small piece of the brighter future Young saw her granddaughter striving for.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Your granddaughter’s recovery is a process that could take a very long time.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
  • After her granddaughter was born, Barr shared the news on Facebook.
    Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The couple, in their 60s, were preparing to adopt their two youngest granddaughters.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • The couple shared two daughters and two granddaughters.
    Amaris Encinas, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Off my granddaughter sprints down the driveway, giving herself a head start, the front gate our finish line.
    Bob Brody, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Two of the woman’s young granddaughters, their faces painted like skulls, tended the candles.
    Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Sure enough, the episode then cut to Red living in Seville, attempting to contact his granddaughter.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • In addition to his daughter, Hein is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dorothy; a son, Steven; and three granddaughters.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Do so from a loving place and the conversation will go better -- for both of your sakes and for your granddaughter’s sake.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The story is told from the perspective of a grandmother and granddaughter.
    Stacy Tornio, Treehugger, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Now 25, the granddaughter was in a hospital with a high-risk pregnancy.
    Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lamb's 22-year-old son Cooper and his 1-year-old granddaughter were killed in a car crash eight days before Christmas.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Turner’s two granddaughters served as junior bridesmaids and his son-in-law, Rob, was his best man.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Years later, Carter’s granddaughter was able to read the note written by her father and write a note — in cursive — to Carter herself.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Judd went on to thank her husband, Cactus, her two children, and her granddaughter.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • School commute Janet Mitchell was driving on the road from berry picking on Aug. 14 when her 10-year-old granddaughter started pointing out the cracks on the road to her.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Parents clap as his 7-year-old grandson and granddaughter fly.
    Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Mulkey is matching with her granddaughter, who walked into the arena hand-in-hand with Mulkey wearing a white dress with pink frills on the shoulders.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And her granddaughter, much like her mother, is striving to find balance.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • My parents have only seen their granddaughter once, in a very tense visit after which my sister-in-law asked them to leave the house.
    Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Chavez Rodriguez is the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, the labor and civil rights leader.
    Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Browne’s survivors include his two sons, Christopher and Ryan; and two granddaughters.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
  • His beloved granddaughter, in turn, takes him on a tour of her world: woodland paths and grassy hilltops, friendly frogs and hungry horses.
    Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Billie Shepperd’s granddaughter is the teenager who made that 911 call.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023

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