How to Use grandmother in a Sentence

grandmother

noun
  • My grandmother would eat fruit and throw the peel on the ground and cover it up with her feet.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • The grandmother of three was not charged in the accident.
    Margaret Fleming, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Arty must save his grandmother from the darkness and bring light back to her house.
    Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, Masten was in the care of her mother and grandmother.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And during, a close friend read scripture from the bride’s late grandmother's Bible.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Howard said the country buried the massacre – and stories like his grandmother’s – for years.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN, 20 June 2023
  • No doubt many grandmothers will want to scold us, but the truth is, soap isn't going to destroy your cast iron pans.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Coastal grandmother style is beachy and preppy, but laid back.
    Vivi Smilgius, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The mother and a grandmother grabbed Mattie and Conrad.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 18 July 2023
  • What if a grandmother had a heart attack or a kid drowned while his team was on an overdose call?
    Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • My grandmother died the day the missionaries came for our souls.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • The teens, who used to have their own bedrooms, began sharing one to make room for their grandmother.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • For Mary, her grandmother’s illness was the thing still holding her back.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But the grandmother’s solely visual cameo may still ply misty from you.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • The twins have already missed two years of school when their grandmother couldn’t pay the fees and their mother, struggling in the city, couldn't help either.
    Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • After the discovery on base — she was found asleep in bed at the barracks — the girl was released to the custody of her grandmother.
    Bill Feather, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The ceremony took place in front of an ocean view from Sarah's grandmother's home.
    Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
  • According to the Sheriff’s Department, the teen’s grandmother said the girl ran away from home June 9.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Killer Mike’s grandmother’s mantra and directive to him as a youth was simple.
    Khari Nixon, SPIN, 6 June 2023
  • Chef Valerie Chang holds a portrait of her grandmother Maty.
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The grandmother said the girl had run away before but always returned home quickly, Aquino said.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 9 July 2023
  • In the ensuing years, your author lost a couple of the images glued to index cards by him and his grandmother.
    USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • My mother never got to see me as a filmmaker, but my grandmother lived to be 100 years old.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • My grandmother died of cancer, then my dad got cancer too.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • My grandmother would always put on some Irish music, and everyone would dance in the kitchen.
    Laura May Todd, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • According to the shop's website, the sisters were inspired to open the business by their grandmother.
    Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • My Chinese grandmother and uncle introduced me to Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp in the late ‘90s.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • After a childhood tragedy, the hero is taken in by her grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), the owner of a flower farm.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Her insight and passion for the art world come from growing up with an artistic mother and grandmother, who always had a project in the works.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
  • The grandmother, an Italian immigrant, brings the wisdom of age.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023

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