Examples of granduncle in a Sentence
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Huston's father, director John Huston, directed the 1948 film Key Largo, which starred Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Drew's granduncle Lionel Barrymore.
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
From Shigeru Yoshida, the grandfather of current Finance Minister Taro Aso who signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty, to Eisaku Sato, Abe’s granduncle; Yasuhiro Nakasone, who oversaw the economic bubble years, and the maverick reformer Junichiro Koizumi.
—Toshiro Hasegawa, Bloomberg.com, 16 Sep. 2020
Prince Louis, whose full name is Louis Arthur Charles, is named after his great-granduncle Louis Mountbatten and King Charles.
—Town & Country, 8 Oct. 2022
His current favorite comes from vines that were given to his father by Benito Dusi, Janell Dusi’s granduncle.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
His grandmother Eleanor Slatkin was the principal cellist with Warner Bros., while his granduncle was a pianist with the studio.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
Her great-granduncle, Gustave Niebaum, founded Inglenook Vineyards in 1879 and helped establish Napa Valley’s reputation for quality wine.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
Elena is more empathetic than her granduncle, who was wise but a little harsher in his take on the human condition.
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
Herb’s great-granduncle was the commanding officer of the 104th IL Infantry in the Civil War, and that relative’s grandson was killed in the Philippine Insurrection – for which he was honored by a gun battery in the Philippines bearing his name.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 May 2021
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
From Shigeru Yoshida, the grandfather of current Finance Minister Taro Aso who signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty, to Eisaku Sato, Abe’s granduncle; Yasuhiro Nakasone, who oversaw the economic bubble years, and the maverick reformer Junichiro Koizumi.
—Toshiro Hasegawa, Bloomberg.com, 16 Sep. 2020
Prince Louis, whose full name is Louis Arthur Charles, is named after his great-granduncle Louis Mountbatten and King Charles.
—Town & Country, 8 Oct. 2022
His current favorite comes from vines that were given to his father by Benito Dusi, Janell Dusi’s granduncle.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
His grandmother Eleanor Slatkin was the principal cellist with Warner Bros., while his granduncle was a pianist with the studio.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
Her great-granduncle, Gustave Niebaum, founded Inglenook Vineyards in 1879 and helped establish Napa Valley’s reputation for quality wine.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
Elena is more empathetic than her granduncle, who was wise but a little harsher in his take on the human condition.
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
Herb’s great-granduncle was the commanding officer of the 104th IL Infantry in the Civil War, and that relative’s grandson was killed in the Philippine Insurrection – for which he was honored by a gun battery in the Philippines bearing his name.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 May 2021
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15th century, in the meaning defined above
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granduncle
noun
grand·un·cle
ˈgran-ˈdəŋ-kəl 
: an uncle of one's father or mother
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