Sentence examples for grand won from inspiring English sources

It was just making sure she was OK, but she's been so proud in the hospital, telling everyone: 'My granddaughter won an Olympic gold medal.'" While on a personal level her family influence was key, it is hard not to ignore that for Team GB the path to gold was made easier by such forensic planning.

The most prominent name on the list is probably that of Kiran Desai, whose novel set in the Himalayas and New York, The Inheritance of Loss, in which a judge's quiet retirement is shaken by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, won the 2006 Man Booker prize.

On Friday, watching her daughter and her granddaughter win two matches by identical 6-1, 6-0 scores, Lynda Johnson said competition was much tougher in 1989.

Great Britain's team, which included Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, won the silver.

Her granddaughter Zara Phillips, Harry's cousin, won a silver medal as an equestrian.

Benn's granddaughter Emily Benn failed to win East Worthing and Shoreham in 2010, becoming the Labour Party's youngest-ever candidate in the process.

She is also the granddaughter of Sammy Cahn, the lyricist who won four Academy Awards.

John's granddaughter Drew Barrymore (born 1975) first won notice at age seven in the film E.T. (1982).

The Queen's granddaughter became the first royal to win an Olympic medal as part of the Great Britain eventing team that won silver at London 2012.

Bird Town is the granddaughter of Hush Dear, a stakes-winning mare bred by Sonny Whitney whose name reflects a term of endearment he often used on Marylou.

The Queen's granddaughter became the first royal to win an Olympic medal as part of the Great Britain eventing team that took silver at London 2012.