Sentence examples for gypsy background from inspiring English sources

Van der Gun, who had been raised in opulence, played with an urban grittiness whereas van der Vaart's gypsy background produced a majestic class on the field.

Although one of the authors, Rajko Djuric, is himself of gypsy background and has long been involved in gypsy causes, the text of the book rarely penetrates to the center of the group's ethnic life.

A UKIP MEP has said he was subjected to racist abuse on social media because of his Romany gypsy background.

Sliding nimbly through originals and rather a lot of covers, Lloyd transmutes her history of poverty and being bullied for her Gypsy family background into a vulnerability that transforms the songs.

One can almost hear strands of Gypsy in the background: "You'll be swell, you'll be great".

She added: "The fact that they are potentially made by serving and retired police officers gives us no confidence at all in the Metropolitan Police's ability to both police these communities and to attract and protect its own staff who are from Gypsy and Traveller backgrounds.

"Leaders do not know the extent of participation of many priority groups, such as those living in poverty, naval families or families from Gypsy or Traveller backgrounds".

Between 2013 and 2015, only 15.5% of pupils from Gypsy and Gypsy Roma backgrounds achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including core subjects - compared to 56% of all pupils.

There are sections, too, on the rise of fascist writers like Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (who called for a pure-blooded France, free of Jews, liberals and gypsies) and the background of Charles Maurras, founder of the rightwing Action Française, which became especially virulent when the Jewish liberal Léon Blum became prime minister in 1936.

A French singer with a background in Gypsy and gospel music, Omac's voice recalls the kind popular in traditional Spanish music, one characterized by a huskiness that makes it sounds as if she's spent her life having noisy arguments and noisier orgasms, but containing a powerful, rapid-fire vibrato and capable of trumpet mimicry, an impressive party-trick talent.

Prisoners of Gypsy, Romany or Traveller backgrounds are significantly over-represented in jails in England and Wales, inspectors have found.