grandmother
noun
Origin of grandmother
Examples from the Web for grandmother
Contemporary Examples of grandmother
In 2011, he was arrested while visiting his grandmother in Iran, charged with espionage, and sentenced to death.
Through her haircare line, named for her grandmother, Jessie Branch, Titi Branch was revolutionary.
Goodbye To A Natural Hair Guru: Miss Jessie's Cofounder Titi Branch Dead At 45Danielle Belton
December 16, 2014
There is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter.
The seven-year-old Detroit girl was sleeping on the couch as her grandmother sat next to her watching television.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little GirlsEmily Shire
December 4, 2014
Vreeland believes that in the end, his grandmother put her subtle seal of approval on his lifestyle.
Historical Examples of grandmother
They began at once to think of whom they should inquire,—of the teacher, or of the grandmother.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
The grandmother was really standing there, holding the fiddle out to him.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
Not far from his grandmother's residence there was a windmill which operated on a new plan.
Biographical StoriesNathaniel Hawthorne
Why, when he was your age, his father was at war and papa and Grandmother Wade had to do everything.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Tell him your grandmother was the sergeant's Mary Ann and your father was Sami.
What Sami Sings with the BirdsJohanna Spyri