How To Use Grand In A Sentence

He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
As a postscript to the story, my great grandfather died a few weeks after this conversation, proving, as his wife pointed out to her daughter, that she had been correct in her surmise.
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Make sure you behave yourselves when we visit Grandma.
From there the year had its high points - two Masters Series titles in Miami and Rome helped with that - but the Grand Slam events continued to pose a problem.

My grandfather was eighty when he died and was gathered to his fathers.
He is always telling the director how to run the business; that's like teaching one's grandmother how to suck eggs.
Grandma always lag behind when we go for a walk.
Damon Hill is in pole position for today's Belgian Grand Prix.
‘Vous serez un jour un grand philologue, mon cher,’ said the old man, on our arriving at the conclusion of Lavengro
The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.
Thompson claimed that his grandmother, who lived in Blyth, Northumberland, was a pagan high priestess, and that she had passed on her powers to him. Sex cult leader jailed for forcing girlfriend into sex with others
It never occurred to me that you might not realize he was your father or grandfather, or great grandsire or whatever.
I returned to my hotel to sit at the window and watch the grand son-et-lumière that night, the opening show of the south-west monsoon.
This process must proceed with dispatch, without posturing, without grandstanding, without empty words.
Liqueurs commonly made this way include triple sec, cassis, Cointreau, Grand Mariner and so forth.
We chuckled together as she stood and reached up to the top shelf of a grand bookcase in the corner.
His grand-sounding name 'Tintoretto' means nothing but 'the little dyer,' and it was given to him because of his father's trade. Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters
A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors.
The favourite for the interdominion grand final will be decided by Monday's barrier draw.
I personally try and keep it simple with a Grande, skim, triple, bone-dry cappuccino, which is Starbuck's English for the kind of cappuccino you'd get at the Rome airport. Mark Strausman: A Chef's-Eye View of Starbucks
Keep the artichoke in a bowl of water with a lemon squeezed into it, (rather grandly called acidulated water), this stops the heart from blackening when it is exposed.
After all, the impulse for political grandstanding is not purely an American one … Soft, Geeky Power
They charged down the stairs to meet their grandmother.
(TGV = train à grande vitesse) = It's the high-speed train! French Word-A-Day:
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. Margaret Mead
Apparently some creature called a kobold escaped from wherever my grandfather trapped it, and it has teamed up with Milo. Master of Mirrors
Rosa Lee Ransby and her seven grand- and great-grandchildren lost their home a week before Christmas. Boston.com Top Stories
The latter, after his defeat by Bayezid, sought refuge at Rhodes under a safe-conduct from the Grand Master and the General Convent of the Order.
The bear is called grandfather by many peoples and the tiger is alluded to as the striped one. Exploring language (6th edn)
His maternal grandfather, for example, would probably be called something completely different. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Unless a member of the Vanguard or the Scarlet Scholars (both groups paying attention to what most consider obscure and nigh-useless knowledge), even most paranormal agents active today have only heard of the Bleak Baron Frederick or his granduncle Wolfgang and their works on fighting monsters. The Codex Continual » The Von Baurs
A woman saved the life of her baby granddaughter only days after learning life-saving skills following a crash course in first aid at her local pub.
Caroline heard it she could not help smiling at the word magnanimity, which sounded to her rather too grand for the occasion. Tales and Novels — Volume 07
Despite the challenges that prevail, our women have 'shouldered' the burdens with great resilience and dignity; and many of the successes that we claim toady, must be credited to our mothers, grandmothers, wives, aunts and sisters. Jamaica Information Service
After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
Groups of pot-bellied old men in seldom worn suits stood in clusters, leaning in to catch a word, laughing, lining up for photos taken by children and grandchildren.
This week's retail sales and events include grand opening parties, trunk shows, and parking lot sales for everything from clothing and accessories, to furniture, textiles, and giftware. Los Angeles Shopping Events and Sales Round-Up
Now that grand finale will not happen, which must have induced sadness yesterday in all but the hardest of hearts. Times, Sunday Times
'The first principles of commercial activity have retreated to earth's maziest penetralia, where no tides are! is it not so, Skepsey?' said Mr. Fenellan, whose initiative and exuberance in loquency had been restrained by a slight oppression, known to guests; especially to the guest in the earlier process of his magnification and illumination by virtue of a grand old wine; and also when the news he has to communicate may be a stir to unpleasant heaps. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
The U.S. attorney in the district can impanel a grand jury if they feel that there is evidence warranting a criminal investigation.
Just think what you could do with a whopping ten grand. The Sun
Towering convective clouds rained down a hailstorm of ash, and firebrands even spanned the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Abraham Lincoln
Whereas quotations with an apothegmatic feel are normally ascribed to Shaw, those with a more grandiose or belligerent tone are almost automatically credited to Churchill.
Henin derailed an all-Williams showdown by dismissing Serena in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time at a Grand Slam. Russians, ex-champs spice women's semis
He is a green jacket away from being only the sixth man in history to complete the career grand slam. Times, Sunday Times
Vnde cum Imperator electus in sede regni debuit poni, nobis in curia tunc existentibus, tanta cecidit grando, quod ex subita resolutione plusquam CLX. homines in eadem curia fuerunt submersi. The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini
Sharing the tiny apartment were one of his grandmothers and a spinster aunt. Times, Sunday Times
Certainly, it is a masterclass in grand ambition thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
The gowns were grand and formal, but still utterly feminine.
Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both.
This has rendered virtually unenforceable the few remaining rules intended to further grand jury independence.
At around $1,195 it sounds expensive, until you realize your grandchildren will still be using it long after you've turned into dust and are part of the backstop at your local range.
Supported by an angelic chorus and lush orchestration, Gibb extolled the virtues of "fingering foreign dirty holes," arguing that while love may be grand, he'd rather "let 'coupledom' die Spinner
It was the beautifullest bell she had ever heard, she said, and sounded grand! Hard Times
She lives with my grandparents now and has adjusted to civilian life really well. The Sun
Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents. We had to go off to our grandparents' house for our annual Christmas dinner. As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the closed gas station.
I live with my nan and grandad and it will be extremely difficult for me to pay as we do not have enough money.
His auspicious debut might have given him the leverage to realize some of his grander plans.
We have so many quaint old settler cottages as well as grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
I don't really know him so I was shocked to see how much he favors our grandfather and great-grandfather.
My grandfather's Purple Heart ," Frank replied with hardly a moment's hesitation. DEVIL'S CLAW
One effort was an adulatory poem, Le Siecle de Louis le Grand, in which he claimed that Louis XIV's world equalled, and surpassed, that of the ancient world.
The orchestral arrangements added fresh layers of drama and grandeur to her already baroque style. Times, Sunday Times
His maternal grandfather, who fled Russia to avoid conscription by the tsarist army, was a Hebrew scholar, mystic, mathematician, and inventor who made boots and shoes for a living.
Eurovision is the grandaddy of all talent shows and the Super Bowl of singing.
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Kamar al-Zaman, son of King Shahriman, went to the Hammam, his father in his joy at this event freed the prisoners, and presented splendid dresses to his grandees and bestowed large alm-gifts upon the poor and bade decorate the city seven days. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Your CNS is the Master Control Centre, the CEO, the Commander in Chief, the Big Kuhuna, The Master Communicator and the Grand Pooh-Bah all rolled into one! Recently Uploaded Slideshows
My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.
The Grand Forks City Council approved a transfer of the cable franchise recently to the partnership, which remains unnamed.
The grand maneuvres will be held tomorrow.
I can vote for myself thank you grandaddy or granmomma statesperson!! Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!'
My grandfather was a career teacher; it's the only job he'd ever done.
It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best. The Sun
Our own Hemingway wrote so much grandiose nonsense about this so-called sport that the reader feels a certain dread as the climactic spectacle approaches — a dread heightened by the awareness that Montherlant was a matador in his teenage years. Monster of Marriage
Over time, companies competed with one another in presenting ‘grand’ spectacles.
The Catalinas, in all of their grandeur, are going through that process of deformation right now.
This despite being part of a school system which demonstrably does not waste much of its money on bureaucracy and aggrandizement of its own honchos; the system has no trouble educating half of its students.
Snorkelers can have a grand time floating just 30 feet above the stern, watching the divers below and the thousands of fish that live in the wreck.
Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren.
If the Trips,” she said, referring to her triplet grandchildren, “hadn’t brought you here that special Christmas almost three years ago, I might never have gotten to know you. Family Blessings
Grandmother displayed all the warmth, enthusiasm, and flamboyance that she had loved so dearly in her brother Theodore.
The capel needs your money, boys bach, that the light -- the grand, religious light -- shall shine in the pulpit. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People
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Only by crossing the short bridge can you take in its natural grandeur and the maze of streets that make up the medieval town. Times, Sunday Times
Grandfather was already in his place and Anna slid into the chair next to his.
Grandfather sold the russets and the codlings and the pippins from his orchard, and those he didn't sell he stored in his pristine white-washed cellar, where huge black hams and sides of bacon were hanging from black hooks.
It is called la table des Grands Capitaines, and the porcelain top features great military commanders, represented here in a stunning imitation of antique calcedony cameos. French Porcelain
Manningham Mills is a grand old reminder of Bradford's historic industrial past, but with the hard work of all involved it could and should be a pointer to a bright future for the city.
He is very grand and stays at the Hyatt, which is convenient for us, as we have recently moved to Pudong.
I stood at the sliding doors of Crosshouse Hospital, my arm around my grandmother.
Guardian | Nazi eugenics, Virginia Woolf and the morality of designer babies A grande virtude do nazismo está em ter enterrado de vez com os ideais de eugenia. Leituras
Opry Mills Mall, 8 miles from BNA, is adjacent to the Grand Ole Opry House and has restaurants, a 20-screen movie theater and IMAX, the Gibson Showcase (store and workshop), Dave & Busters (bowling, arcade) and other amenities. Nashville Metropolitan International Airport
"The golf course is just grand, " he said.
This discovery led to the invention of the pendulum and various timepieces such as the Grandfather clock, but at the time Galileo could not explain it.
But these pleasures are subsidiary to those afforded by James's sensibility, which transforms the squalor and pettiness of crime into the grandeur of desolation.
As we walk around a lush, hilly paddock with his two grandsons, Quinn's obviously proud of what he's achieved so far.
He put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix.
There stood our granddaughter, and in her gray-green eyes and impudent grin I saw the reflection of our Christmas Boy.
A still-larger dam, the Grand Inga Dam, has been proposed for completion between 2020 and 2025 in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Congo River: Its output could reach 39 gigawatts of power.
Looking at the greyish-green sea streaked with white waves was a good antidote, as indeed the grand and infinite was always.
There he showed her the burial plot that he and my grandmother had selected as their final resting place. Times, Sunday Times
They were luxurious gowns, like any grand dame would wear. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Elizabeth - You're not he first to mention grandmothers ... perhaps the notion of using mayo in cakes is not new? Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
One grandbaby which is the joy of my life right now. Forum Discussions - TuDiabetes
When they finally found the daughter, the wife and grandparents refused to let her go to visit her dying father.
To all you McCain patsies, by this time next year your children or grandchildren could be sunning and funning in the beautiful and friendly country of IRAN. Obama beats back criticism over head of VP search
The centrepiece of the pavilion was a grand piano designed by Ruhlmann and made from such exotic materials as amboyna wood and Macassar ebony.
Of those roses classes observed, hybrid teas, grandifloras, hybrid perpetuals, teas and chinas appear to be most affected, while floribundas, rugosas and polyanthas appear to be least affected.
Rank was a businessman who pursued a grander vision than Isidore Ostrer or John Maxwell had ever done.
Behind him an antique grandfather clock slowly ticks away. Times, Sunday Times
That night, she fell asleep in her grand canopy bed and dreamed of bayberries. A CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS • by Erin M. Kinch
At least I still remember how to make my grandmother's infamous "sweetish" meatballs. Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories
The historical quaintness described at each river-side town the men pass glorifies the grandeur of a long lost Britain.
Eternity starts here; worldly aggrandizement is dust" Photography by Diana Ricci. And now for something a little different
It's a betrayal of promises on a grand scale, and all the worse for being a betrayal of the poorest people in the world.
We would fall asleep listening to my grandparents sitting at the table playing cards or cribbage.
He said that the exceptional permission for the unusual ceremony had been granted because his grandmother had herself served as a Wren.
Wishing death on the senator's grandchildren is a particularly nice touch. Standards and Practices
Slow Food is coming to Scotland this Thursday when a a Grand Scottish Banquet will be held at Edinburgh's Sheraton Grand Hotel.
He has endeavoured to render THE PICTURE an intelligent _Cicerone_, without being too garrulous or grandiloquous, -- but always attentive to the stranger, leading him to every remarkable object, and giving just as much description of each, as would be acceptable to persons enjoying the full use of their eyes. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the
My grandfather had refused to put her in a nursing home and continued to interact with her as if she was a normal person.
She wants to travel first - class: she must have delusions of grandeur.
My paternal grandfather actually helped build the old part and then after it was built, got a job weaving and he was here all his life.
This phraseology is grandiose, rotund and sonorous, but signifies a fatal weakness in Walcott's approach to both Brand and Philip.
You get to be near your family and grandchildren, which will breathe life into you and give you continual relationships and purpose. Times, Sunday Times
Its presence was announced not by sidewalk canopies and grand spotlit foyers but by a single brass wall-plaque. COMPULSION
But it's all kept very low key with no rock-star nonsense by surf-celebrator Malloy, whose stylish documentary elevates all of the tour's nuances Endless Summer-style, with human moments outweighing grandeur and without the bro-chatter of the latter. Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums
Abraham Granish, Winehouse's great-great grandfather, was a Russian immigrant described as a "hawker", selling goods door-to-door, who lived in the Spitalfields area of the capital. News24
This is probably the biggest match of the season next to the final of a grand slam. Times, Sunday Times
In second-hand bookshops around Melbourne you can still find copies of his grandfather's sermons.
For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Grand Rounds is a weekly compliation of the best of the medical blogs. Grand Rounds, Vol 4 No 21
Make a kind of grand tour on my own, take the waters and cure what ails me.
Beijing made grandiloquent promises at the time.
No sooner does he draw a grand comparison than he retracts or qualifies it.
The poem outlined his experience of being gender-fluid and sprang from being confronted with old photos at his grandparents' house.
They share favouritism for the Grand National Hurdles.
It is the treasure of my family, as it belonged to the grand contessa, Matilda of Tuscany. The Poet Prince
India has grand plans to have a substantial share of the cake and expects to earn substantial additional funds by 2007.
Telli's sister, his grandmother and two aunts were busy round the fireplace preparing the night's meal.
What follows is a sort of addled odyssey fuelled by comic self-aggrandisement and rage against the various machines of money-making. Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre
I go through a door and walk past the second pool, which is exactly the same, if a little grander.
She wore the green of her House, deep bottle-green ballgown, grand and beautiful. Tew's Day!
The manager released him to return to his native town to visit his grandmother who was ill in bed.
In a world where grandmothers send email, computer users aren't seen as pure geek any more.
My maternal grandfather died the best part of twenty years ago.
'It had a grand effect when Arthur stood on the second landing-place, and raised it above the balusters -- a sort of bodilessness rising from vacancy.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife
Pas besoin d'être grand clerc pour comprendre que le terrain d'investigation de la chercheuse a été pour l'essentiel la Mayenne et la Manche. Unbewitching Jeanne Favret-Saada
A 16-year-old boy, dressed in a Grim Reaper costume, has died after skolling a bottle of vodka he took from his grandmother's house, a media report says. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
The moment somebody thinks they've nailed the grand alchemy that makes Dali a genius somebody else came along and offers a new, kookier explanation. The Birth of Girma Dali
Omi, "grandee", title, applied to chiefs of conquest, and to subjects holding court office; higher than muraji; inferior title in Temmu's peerage A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
The old grandfather had died in the meantime, so that he was dependent on the food supplied by his stepfather and uncles, and they had to expostulate with him on what they called his shark-like voracity. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends
Grandparents tend to be more indulgent of grandchildren than the parents themselves.
By the early 1930s grand juries were generally agreed to have outlived their usefulness. Times, Sunday Times
In this rather archaically written biography, marred by ornate, stilted language and the author's reliance on and citation of endlessly extended passages from his great-great-grandfather's autobiography, James Mellon struggles mightily but fails to make his readers care much for or about Thomas Mellon. Banking On the Future
The purpose was not only to visit my grandparents but the family farm, which we call Lakeland, was five miles from Upperville. Oral History Interview with I. Beverly Lake Sr., September 8, 1987. Interview C-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A church elder, he was convener of the fabric committee of Grandtully/Strathtay and Logiealmond Churches.
The couple had been married for 40 years after meeting as teenagers and had two grown-up daughters and a grandson.
The grandfather stood under the door, watching her, when suddenly a shrill whistle was heard. Heidi
The trick to this method is avoiding the annoying, self-aggrandizing kind of emote, but still publicizing the informative, roleplay based emote. WoW.com
No one in their right mind is going to pay a grand for the console.
David Whitehead, director of International 35s, a tennis circuit for ex-Grand Slam and Wimbledon players, organizes tailor-made tournaments.
He needs to be mindful that the family are burying their mother and grandmother. Times, Sunday Times
They're fine halesome food – they're grand food, parritch," he pronounces to his nephew David. In praise of … porridge | Editorial
The Romans had the biggest and the grandest gladiator fights in the colosseums where one always beat the best.
His best finish was 11th in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Ultimate victory for them lies at the level of grand strategy rather than on the field of battle.
Allison, of Local Lemons, enjoys foodie life in Berkley (who wouldn't?), away from her family in NYC -- except she cannot get good Italian food or her grandmother's cooking. Archive 2009-04-01
We usually hear from the eldest grandson regularly but I suspect we are being punished for not approving. Times, Sunday Times
He gave me a gorgeous, black lacquer grand piano as a house-warming gift and for my wedding day he gave me a beautiful portrait of Billie Holiday.
Roo suspected it was a lie, as Duncan was inclined to aggrandize his own discomfort and diminish others ', but he didn't mind. RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE: BOOK TWO OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA
Il craignait d'être condamné, car son adversaire était un grand officier de la cour. French Conversation and Composition
Meysman et al. also assign a "revolutionary" position to bioturbation in the grand scheme of evolution: "Benthic fauna had to adapt to the newly emerging bioturbated sediment conditions, thereby fuelling the 'Cambrian explosion'". Bioturbation all around you
Heaven had taken her Grandmother and then Grandfather, and now it took her papa too, would her mother be next?
My nan and grandad stayed in the caravan next door. Times, Sunday Times
We spent a week at the aptly named Grand View Hotel.
Without a foundation of love, these gifts risk promoting self-gain and self-aggrandizement.
I've likened it to looking at your grandfather when your grandmother has just passed away. Times, Sunday Times
From the moment that grand trine appeared in the sky—an equilateral triangle like the great pyramids—it was our turn to clean house. Surrender the Dark
The death of a grandparent is sad but also a natural part of life. What Do You Want To Write In Your Lifetime? Reflections on Mortality. | The Creative Penn
It was a grand sight to behold him in his dressing-gown composing a menu.
The 44-year-old leader has reportedly been taking soundings from party grandees over his strategy for the election and the referendum on the European constitution, which is likely to follow soon afterwards.
At the average grand prix there are 4000 VIP guests who between them guzzle down 2,300 lobsters, 1.4 tonnes of beef, 1.2 tonnes of fish and 5,500 magnums of champagne.
Michael Phillips was mostly "emotionless" during the interview and matter-of-factly described his life to Drukteinis, according to the report, including that he had lived with his grandfather for more than a year after having problems at home. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
Grand genealogies and family lineaments fall like granite upon the final iamb, The OLM Blog
Grandma always kept a bit of money tucked away in case there was an emergency.
In order to aggrandize afresh their power, the powerful countries started aforethought aggression time and again.
She was also a grand needle woman, a talent which rather curiously led to a change in her religious affiliations.
We have a “game box” and I love sitting with a cup of coffee, watching our children and grandchildren playing board games, working puzzles or playing Uno with the cards Gary, who is blind, has brailed. Christmas Magic
We retool each year just to change the design of cars… surely we can do the same, albeit on a grander scale, to shift more commuters to public transit.
Living with your grandmother is a recipe for miscommunication. Todd Kashdan: Three Clues That CEOs or Politicans Are Lying to You
New York was left pondering whether to install a more modest moving sidewalk between Times Square and Grand Central Station.
And they were abolished, not for grand ideological reasons but for simple practical reasons. Infinite in All Directions
Early as it was, crowds of American, English, and Continental tourists were abroad, their gleaming white drill attire and tobies and helmets, conspicuous among the grander colour of the natives. The Mark of the Beast
He got a grandstand view of the poetry world and where poetry was heading - and a chance to think more deeply about poetry itself. The Times Literary Supplement
My grandmother was agreeable to marrying Gaetano.
Her real agenda may be wondering whether she will have grandchildren one day. The Sun
Mr. Lockhart shall furnish us with the brightest aspect a British Ferney ever yielded, or is like to yield: and therewith we will quit Abbotsford and the dominant and culminant period of Scotts life: It was a clear, bright September morning, with a sharpness in the air that doubled the animating influence of the sunshine, and all was in readiness for a grand coursing-match on Newark Hill. Paras. 50-73
Of the five endemic amphibians two are tree frogs (Afrixalus clarkei and Afrixalus enseticola), two are ranid frogs (Phrynobatrachus bottegi and Phrynobatrachus sciangallarum), and one is a caecilian (Sylvacaecilia grandisonae). Ethiopian montane forests

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