GRANDFATHER in a Sentence
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216 example sentences for GRANDFATHER, such as:
1. Her grandfather died ten years ago.
2. His grandfather was a fine raconteur.
3. I don'nt know who my grandfather was.
4. My grandfather used to raise sheep in Wales.
5. The grandfather caused Jean Valjean to vanish.
2. His grandfather was a fine raconteur.
3. I don'nt know who my grandfather was.
4. My grandfather used to raise sheep in Wales.
5. The grandfather caused Jean Valjean to vanish.
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Meanings and Examples of GRANDFATHER
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grandfather
n. the father of your father or mother
Classic Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1 The family who occupy the house had for their grandfather Guillaume van Kylsom, the old gardener, dead long since.
2 He added the "grandfather," which produced a good effect.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
3 The grandfather caused Jean Valjean to vanish.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
4 This child had been the colonel's joy in his solitude; but the grandfather had imperatively claimed his grandson, declaring that if the child were not given to him he would disinherit him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
5 Gillenormand tolerated; and the father answered them with very tender letters which the grandfather thrust into his pocket unread.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
6 When he emerged from the hands of Aunt Gillenormand, his grandfather confided him to a worthy professor of the most purely classic innocence.
7 He did not love his grandfather much, as the latter's gayety and cynicism repelled him, and his feelings towards his father were gloomy.
8 One evening, on his return home, he saw his grandfather holding a letter in his hand.
9 By dint of pity for his father, Marius had nearly arrived at aversion for his grandfather.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
10 "He is getting decidedly wild," said his grandfather.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
11 Marius had just asked his grandfather's permission to take a little trip, adding that he meant to set out that very evening.
12 On abandoning his grandfather's opinions for the opinions of his father, he had supposed himself fixed; he now suspected, with uneasiness, and without daring to avow it to himself, that he was not.
13 His aunt did not inform his grandfather of this refusal for fear of exasperating him.
14 When Marius became a lawyer, he informed his grandfather of the fact in a letter which was cold but full of submission and respect.
15 It was three years since he had left his grandfather.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 Her grandfather died ten years ago.
2 I don'nt know who my grandfather was.
3 Gorky was often the victim of his grandfather's tyranny.
4 My grandfather was a career teacher; it's the only job he'd ever done.
5 She was pretty much raised by a grandfather she calls an anarchist and studied cultural anthropology at the University of Wisconsin.
6 I remembered my grandfather in my dream last night.
7 His grandfather was a fine raconteur.
8 My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's.
9 The painting my grandfather gave me turned out to be a Constable.
10 I can still vividly remember my grandfather teaching me to play cards.
11 My grandfather used to raise sheep in Wales.
12 As a child I remember being riveted by my grandfather's appearance.
13 Tod's grandfather taught him to shoot a rifle.
14 He said that he was going to stick with the traditions established by his grandfather.
15 My grandfather is still living, but my grandmother is dead.