How to Use upbringing in a Sentence

upbringing

noun

• The sounds of Latin music were a part of his upbringing.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Urbano goes back to my roots and upbringing, and pop sheds a light on the soundtrack of my life.
  — Lucas Villa, refinery29.com, 12 Oct. 2023
• Inspired by the founders’ upbringing in L.A., the show aims to put the diversity of the city on the catwalk.
  — The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
• His parents, who moved to the U.S. from Germany in 1962, seldom spoke about their Nazi-era upbringing.
  — Diane Cole, wsj.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• The movie told the story of an offensive lineman who overcame a poor upbringing to, with the help of his adoptive parents, to play in the NFL.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• Not about his upbringing in south London in the ’60s with his Spanish and Portuguese parents.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
• Kerr said both he and Laidley were raised Catholic and shared a lot due to their similar upbringing.
  — Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Gallagher will aim to keep the focus on his new music, which is said to be an homage to his upbringing in Manchester.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2023
• Not all the traditions woven into my upbringing made it through to my kids.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
• The secrets bared illuminate a host of sins — a process made all the more intriguing by the playwright’s own upbringing as a Black artist.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• Respect for the law and service to democracy are themes that run deep in Mayorkas’ upbringing.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Writing was an oasis from a rough upbringing Hinton rarely mentions but did describe to the New York Times in 2005.
  — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2023
• Here, Liu talks more about her upbringing, personal style, and growing up in a mixed-race household.
  — Claire Stern, ELLE, 16 July 2023
• Tae-oh is a man who does not know how to relax and that’s more than justified by his traumatic upbringing.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• John was light-years away from my stuffy East Coast upbringing and liberal-arts college friends.
  — Meta Valentic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Her Venezuelan upbringing is channeled in her shoes, too.
  — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• At the Iowa banquet this month, Scott said his approach to relationships was shaped by his upbringing.
  — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The book weaves between her difficult upbringing and her year in Tatitlek.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• At the time, the most country thing about Beyoncé was her Houston upbringing.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
• Sparks, who became the youngest contestant to win American Idol at 17, says music plays a huge part in her son’s upbringing.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
• The decor and menu both call back to owner Nayelis Delisle’s upbringing on the island and warm memories of drinking coffee with her grandmother.
  — Mariette Williams, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2023
• What excites her the most is that the album is 100% authentic to her and is a body of work that represents her upbringing, her childhood, as well as what all of that means to her today.
  — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2023
• Steven is still working to save money for Princeton and has had a very different life than Shayla's wealthy upbringing.
  — Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 16 July 2023
• My Iranian mother’s ideas about the way the world worked often clashed with my American upbringing.
  — Sara Murphy, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Seeing that is a testament to his upbringing, his character, his buy-in.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2023
• She was born in East Tennessee to a Baptist minister and his wife and had an itinerant upbringing, moving around the South.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• Watson said the story of his challenging upbringing seemed to resonate with his teammates.
  — cleveland, 24 July 2023
• Boroski, the youngest sibling with an older brother and sister, came from a modest upbringing.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2023
• But first, the man from Independence, Missouri, had to overcome his upbringing.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2023
• The feelings Brown-Bowers has for her culture and upbringing are channeled here into a portrait of a single, shining, beloved face.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024