How to Use grandbaby in a Sentence

grandbaby

noun
  • Royce is the first grandbaby on both sides of his family.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
  • On the way to his mother’s house, the Army recruiter picked up his mother’s sister and her grandbaby.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But Sister Loretta at church wanted one for her grandbaby, and that one had to be pink.
    Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
  • On the way to his mother’s house, Tristian picked up his mother’s sister and her grandbaby.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Roger and Grace are hoping for a Weir reunion in a central location once the next grandbaby is born.
    Harriet L. Blake, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
  • But more importantly, our hearts go out to his wife, sons, and grandbaby.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Perfect for first-time grandmas, this book will beautifully express the depth of her love for her grandbaby.
    Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 14 Apr. 2022
  • All God wants is to make a nice roast chicken to share with his sons and the mother of his grandbaby, who reluctantly gets roped into this awkward affair.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • Three days after a gunman shot and killed 69-year-old Litha Varone and her sweet grandbaby, neighbors and friends were still in shock over how such a horrible thing could happen to such good people.
    Joe Cavaretta, sun-sentinel.com, 13 June 2021
  • My parents still work full time, and his parents are too old (in my opinion) to safely watch their grandbaby while also keeping him engaged.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Because of Dylann Roof, Felicia Sanders had been forced to play dead by lying in her dying son's blood, while holding her hand over her whimpering grandbaby's mouth.
    Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Recently my brother and his wife had a baby — the first grandbaby for my parents, who are naturally very excited about it.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Lyrics of everyday abuela-to-grandbaby expressions are inked throughout the '70s salsa classic.
    Bianca Alysse, Men's Health, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Fuller, who needs one more year to retire from the Alabama public school system, plans to continue to teach at Fairhope next year and spend much of his time following his son, Keaton, on the Troy baseball team and spending time with a new grandbaby.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 16 June 2022
  • Mississippi was tugging at Privett’s heart after her aging mother had a stroke and with another grandbaby on the way.
    Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • My newest great joy is our grandbaby daughter, Caroline.
    Malaika Fraley, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2017
  • In 1999, a favorite holiday commercial was a grandma using Cheerios to teach her grandbaby about where their family lives.
    Nancy Clanton, ajc, 18 Dec. 2020

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