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
• The youngest of Cora and Michael Neilon’s two boys, Brett had a unique upbringing.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
• Now, the food of my upbringing—the food of the South—is making its mark on the American palate.
  — Biju Sukumaran, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
• Morgan then paired pieces of her upbringing with her time spent in NYC in the ’80s.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 14 May 2024
• 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
• And your children will have the city upbringing as well.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Coffee was part of her upbringing from the start, though.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
• Was part of this about working out your own roots and all the disparate parts of your upbringing?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 July 2024
• Some part of your upbringing might be holding you back at this time.
  — Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022
• Nightlife here was unique in my teen years and has a lot to do with my musical upbringing.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 May 2022
• Set in 1918, the prequel depicts a young Pearl and her upbringing in Texas — which is difficult, to say the least.
  — Lexi Carson, Variety, 3 July 2024
• What in your background or your upbringing enabled you to think like that?
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Nov. 2022
• Growing up in the Midwest and in Virginia, Dairy Queen—and those side-of-the-road custard stands—were a very big part of my upbringing.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• Rufus is free to make his own way through the dysfunction of his upbringing.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• 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 black-tie-optional reception took place at the Bronx Zoo, a nod to their upbringing in the borough.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2022
• The ruggedness of his upbringing helped shape his resolve.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• His Southside Queens upbringing was an allure for many of his fans.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The Irish frontman for the rock band U2 recounts his upbringing and the influences on his music and activism.
  — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• 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
• First Bites was devised as a resource for every stage of a child’s upbringing, for the time even before a baby enters the world.
  — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• Very working-class Catholic upbringing, where the ultimate career was to be a priest.
  — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 1 June 2022
• The line draws upon the model’s memories of her upbringing as well as her fondness for fall.
  — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2024
• Montgomery based the story of Anne in part on her own upbringing, after her mother died and her father left her with her stern grandparents in Cavendish on the north shore of the island.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
• In Jew, which has garnered over seven million views to date, Shaffir makes fun of his Jewish upbringing and religions as a whole.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024