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Examples

  • The granddam is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-winning sprinter/miler Chas Conerly.

    Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com 2009

  • Thy granddam and the new high priestess will follow.

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • A fiendish libertine from his earliest years this stinking goat of Mendes gave precocious signs of infantile debauchery, recalling the cities of the plain, with a dissolute granddam.

    Ulysses 2003

  • After observing his granddam's people, Klor's hatred of them had dulled.

    A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson 2000

  • Even my own grandsire and granddam refused to associate with me, at first.

    Harpy Thyme Anthony, Piers, 1934- 1994

  • His granddam Chem had scandalized the centaur community when she bred with Xap the hippogryph to produce the winged centaur filly Chex.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • His granddam Chem had scandalized the centaur community when she bred with Xap the hippogryph to produce the winged centaur filly Chex.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • Her granddam sprang out with vigor drawn from the All knew where, slashing with claws painted with poison.

    Doomstalker Cook, Glen 1985

  • Likewise the Wise, though Marika's granddam was holding forth in a subdued voice, ignored by everyone.

    Doomstalker Cook, Glen 1985

  • She found a few personal possessions also, gifts from Kublin, Skiljan, and her granddam that had meant much to her once and might again after time banished the pain.

    Doomstalker Cook, Glen 1985

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