Sandino had a harsh upbringing and this would influence him to fight for the rights and advocate for people that were suffering in poverty.

He talked of his harsh, unsympathetic upbringing in which his often drunken father physically abused his wife and children.

Rockefeller's harsh Baptist upbringing made him the perfect instrument of the marketplace, but it also set up a tortured cycle inside him.

While stuck in a mountain, during the storm, Jess reveals that she never intended to be rude to Becky, but was unnerved by her because of her parents' harsh upbringing.

Mr. Kerik's rise from a harsh upbringing to Cabinet nominee has much to do with his powerful patron, Mr. Giuliani, whom he first served as a bodyguard.

However, many consider the novel to be social commentary influenced by Herbert's harsh upbringing in immediate post-war London.

I had a very harsh upbringing and think that it has left me with a strong legacy of anger.

(Mr. Wolff, who wrote about his own harsh upbringing in "This Boy's Life," is a colleague.)

Hamilton considered this provision of alternative opportunities for the underprivileged as his highest political calling, because his own harsh upbringing had allowed him no choices whatever and very little opportunity.

For example, Christmas rebels against his harsh religious upbringing.