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How to use grandmother in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Grandmother means a mother of someone's parent. Example: “My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.”

Examples of grandmother by meaning

nounA mother of someone's parent.

  • "It's a nightingale floor," our grandmother told us.2018, Michael Ondaatje, Warlight, →ISBN, page 13
  • “Not only is it showing that the brain of grandmothers is activated with grandparenting, it also shows that the parental brain areas are activated late in life, or perhaps are always activated.2021 November 19, Madeline Holcombe, “Is your mom warmer with her grandkids than with you? A new study says blame biology”, in CNN
  • Viral YouTuber and grandmother Shirley Curry, better known as ‘Skyrim Grandma’ is finally playing another Bethesda RPG after nine years.2025 June 2, Michael Gwilliam, “89-year-old Skyrim Grandma switches to another RPG after 9 years”, in Dexerto

nounIn Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or brew, symbolizing its role as...

  • "Enter ayahuasca, the mystical grandmother of the psychedelic family, a beacon of profound spiritual experiences"2025, AJ Murillo, The Beginner's Guide to Ego Death Expand Your Mind Through Psychedelic Exploration, →ISBN, page 125

More sentences with grandmother

  • My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.From the entry young
  • During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.From the entry calculator
  • It was sweet of her to send some roses for her unwell grandmother.From the entry sweet
  • I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.From the entry progeny
  • His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.From the entry combine
  • My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School; my grandfather attended Illinois State Normal University.From the entry normal
  • Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.From the entry revive
  • Please come to the funeral service and pay your last respects to her grandmother.From the entry respects
  • James wrote a memoir of his grandmother shortly after she passed away.From the entry memoir
  • She takes after her grandmother with her wide eyes and quiet disposition.From the entry take after
  • I was in the garden covered with mud when my grandmother dropped in for a visit.From the entry drop in
  • My cousin and I have a grandfather and grandmother in common.From the entry in common
  • The cousin of my grandmother is my first cousin twice removed.From the entry twice removed
  • I can't stand her mean-spiritedness. She won't even find time to visit her grandmother in hospital.From the entry spiritedness
  • Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.From the entry young
  • You have a remote resemblance to my grandmother.From the entry remote
  • My grandmother is a very holy woman.From the entry holy
  • His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.From the entry fuss
  • Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.From the entry illness
  • Your grandmother is completely oblivious to her surroundings.From the entry oblivious
  • My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.From the entry quilt
  • I distinctly remember the voice of my deceased grandmother.From the entry distinctly
  • I am sure my grandmother lived hereabout.From the entry hereabout
  • My grandmother drives her car at a snail's pace.From the entry snail's pace
  • My grandmother thought it was ungentlemanly of my boyfriend to suggest that we split the bill for dinner.From the entry ungentlemanly
  • My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.From the entry antique shop
  • My grandmother told me how she used to work as a maid, and was paid £3 a week all found.From the entry all found
  • Her great grandmother passed away yesterday.From the entry pass away
  • Sarah's grandmother crossed over last night.From the entry cross over
  • The family bought a hospital bed from a DME supplier so that their grandmother could continue living at home with her family.From the entry hospital bed
  • Two weeks into the investigation, Jo-Anne’s grandmother, Mary Riley, received a call at her home.2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from…. From the entry by heart
  • Another one of the members was Leanna (Lee) Owen, a mother of two and grandmother of three.2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old…. From the entry Leanna
  • While I fret over war play, legions of grandmothers witness invasions in real time.2022 February, Marg Heidebrecht, “Invading”, in Mosaic Through East-Facing Glass: A Collection of Personal Essays, Altona, Man.…. From the entry babusia
  • It's a family recipe, passed down from her grandmother Kathleen, "an amazing cook."2021 August 6, Alex Zaragoza, “Paris Hilton's 'Cooking With Paris' Is Both Charming and Relatable”, in VICE, archived from the original on…. From the entry sliving
  • This phenomenon, called the grandmother hypothesis, should be tested in giraffes, Dr.2021 August 7, Cara Giaimo, “We’ve Underestimated the Social Lives of Giraffes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry trophy hunt
  • Grandmother walked hard, her steps pummelling the ground, her busuuti flapping.2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 75. From the entry busuuti

Meaning of grandmother

  1. noun A mother of someone's parent.
  2. noun A female ancestor or progenitor.
  3. noun In Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or brew, symbolizing its role as a wise, guiding spirit.

Full definition of grandmother

Questions about grandmother in a sentence

How do you use grandmother in a sentence?
Grandmother is used as a noun. For example: “My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.”
What is a short sentence with grandmother?
“Her great grandmother passed away yesterday.”
What does grandmother mean?
Grandmother means a mother of someone's parent.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grandmother (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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