Sentence examples for less fortunate backgrounds from inspiring English sources

They really pushed me to do well in school and they came from less fortunate backgrounds — they've done so much to help me get here.

The less talented children of the affluent are able to defy social gravity and remain at the top of the ladder, reducing the number of places open to those from less fortunate backgrounds.

She too came from a socially less fortunate background but with every moment of every waking breath she campaigned to improve her family's prospects.

My father also cared deeply about improving the quality of life for those in need, especially those from less fortunate background.

In a comparison of families from different socio-economic backgrounds, it was discovered that there is a thirty million word discrepancy in words that a young child from a privileged background will hear compared to less fortunate children.

"I opened this class to help the less fortunate and to distract them from what's going on in their background," she added.

The 28-year-old insurance-fraud investigator comes from a deeply Catholic background and was taught in his early years to do right by those less fortunate.

Their results showed that students with a less advantaged background did not have the same opportunity to choose a better school as students with more fortunate backgrounds.

Iraqis are less fortunate.

Others were less fortunate.

Hindman was less fortunate.