Example Sentences

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I thought I considered it my main thing when my children were 3, 5 and 7 — and now they’re grown, I’ve got grandbabies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

"More than that, my wife Sharon saved my life. And my grandbabies and my babies. I love them all."

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

"Processing this attack continues to be incredibly heavy, especially knowing that other women and people of color elected officials, with children and grandbabies, were targeted," Barboa said in a statement.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2023

“My grandbabies can’t play here. I can’t have company. It’s been weeks now, and it’s devastating,” said the 68-year-old retiree, as a flock of buzzards perched in the surrounding pines.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2021

I would get on a plane and fly back to New York if Big Ma showed up wanting her grandbabies.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia