7 sentences with 'grandfather'

Example sentences and phrases with the word grandfather and other words derived from it.

« When they were in front of the mayor, who was tall and had the good-natured air of a grandfather, Lim leaned over to greet Rona, and was immediately captivated by the girl's smiling gaze. »
« I heard stories about the lives my grandfather saved, the babies he helped deliver, and the sleepless nights he spent caring for sick children. »
« In 1685 Louis XIV officially revoked the Edict of Nantes that his grandfather had created to give toleration to the Huguenots, and offered them the choice of conversion to Catholicism or exile. While many converted, more than 200,000 fled to parts of Germany, the Netherlands, England and America. »
« His grandson, also called, confusingly, Friedrich Wilhelm ("Friedrich Wilhelm I" as opposed to just "Friedrich Wilhelm", r. 1713 - 1740) built on the work of his grandfather and father by mainly concentrating all state power in the military. »
« Two generations later, Ivan IV came to power in Muscovy. Ivan IV was, like his grandfather, a very successful war leader. Muscovy conquered a large part of the territory of the Mongol Golden Horde and also pushed back the Turkic khans in the south. »
« Nikolai II ruled in the same way as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had ruled before him, maintaining almost complete authority over day-to-day politics and the Russian Church. »
« My grandfather was born and raised on a farm. »
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