How to Use granddaddy in a Sentence

granddaddy

noun
Definition of granddaddynext
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  • The granddaddy of them all, this is the vanguard of the style.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the 747 was the granddaddy of the jumbo jet.
    — Dylan Ogline, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Then, of course, there’s the granddaddy of them all, at least in terms of impact.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2017
  • This sinkhole is the granddaddy of all potholes up in the city.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019
  • My grandson ain't gonna march for the same things that my granddaddy marched for.
    — Aaron Morrison, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Ohio The former granddaddy of all the swing states, Ohio has lost a bit of its luster since 2016.
    — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Big James, my daddy, your granddaddy, one and the same.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Through the first three quarters of the Granddaddy of them All, the Huskies all looked like granddaddies.
    — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 1 Jan. 2019
  • The brand may be 150 years old, but this isn’t your great-great-granddaddy’s Wiedemann.
    — Matt Koesters, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The granddaddy of today's X5M, this car has some of us worried.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 May 2021
  • My granddaddy lived right off Turn 1 over there, 500 yards out ...
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 7 Oct. 2017
  • But the granddaddy of farm resorts was not a bad role model.
    — Ann Abel, Robb Report, 22 June 2023
  • About 10 miles to the north is the midpoint of the granddaddy of Wisconsin bike trails: the Elroy-Sparta.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • The Death Star is the granddaddy of all megabuilds, weighing in at 435 trillion Legos.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2016
  • This came to a head in the Panic of 1907, the granddaddy of panics, when the banking system collapsed.
    — Maureen O’Hara, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The granddaddy of them all, the holy shrine of stone crab, Joe’s stayed open for the summer, but today marks its 106th stone crab season.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • And, of course, the granddaddy of all election fiascos: Bush v. Gore in 2000.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Pinkerton might just be the granddaddy of all emo albums.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The false dreams from which Spencer found himself freed were the dreams of the good ol’ boy, who goes to church on Sunday and does things as his granddaddy did before him.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 14 May 2017
  • Mexico vs. Chile is the granddaddy of them all, at least in this hemisphere.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 27 June 2017
  • The granddaddy that’s been tucked off Providence Road for years, this is half wine market and half deli.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 20 Feb. 2018
  • And, of course, the granddaddy of all self-preventing prophecies, 1984.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The Midnight Sun baseball game is the granddaddy of all things solstice in Alaska.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2018
  • That’s the nickname my granddaddy gave me, basically from the time I was born.
    — Tony Sachs, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The granddaddy and brankroller of them all, football, still hasn’t won a conference title since Slocum in 1998.
    — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2022
  • But Eau Tour is not your granddaddy's French restaurant.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The granddaddy of the bunch is the trunk, available in black or the brand’s signature red, with a whopping maximized volume of up to 99 liters.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • To this day, mention of Dillinger's name elicits tales of granddaddies who shot pool with him, cut his hair, or drove his getaway car.
    — Neal Taflinger, Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2017
  • No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
    — E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • This is a conference that became synonymous with the granddaddy of all postseason games, the Rose Bowl.
    — Paul Newberry, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024

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