bringing-up
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Back then, we really did have to research what to eat. "We started looking at Eastern and Indian food and were really expanding our cultural horizons from our bringing-up in the North East.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2017
Virginian by birth she is Middle-Western by adoption and bringing-up.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he had the joy of knowing that none of them went contrary to his good bringing-up and the care it had received.
From The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative by E. Spiegel
In birth, bringing-up, habits, instincts, they were widely dissimilar, and yet, somehow, they formed a sort of companionship palatable to each.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
It was only the very strong ones who could survive their bringing-up.
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Rose Georgina Kingsley
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