Sentence examples for raised in wealth from inspiring English sources

Having been raised in wealth and privilege, he was now exposed to hardship and human suffering, especially among Boston's immigrant populations.

In this 1892 novel, a young mulatto woman raised in wealth discovers she is black when she and her mother are sold into slavery.

His successor, John McCloskey, was raised in wealth and was able to reap the fruits of Bishop Hughes's labors, opening St . Patricks Cathedral before dying in 1885.

Raised in wealth, Ballard made her own fortune in advertising and public relations in New York and moved to Dripping Springs in 1990.

Mrs. bin Ladin, a granddaughter of Persian aristocrats who was raised in wealth in Switzerland and Iran, comes across not as a warrior but as rather shy and vulnerable.

"I like the fact he is from a small town, that he wasn't raised in wealth, and he worked hard," said Linda Anaya, a firefighter from Santa Fe who heard him speak in Albuquerque on Saturday.

Some mothers have been raised in poverty, others in wealth; some are incest victims or have endured great violence in their own childhoods.

She was raised in a world of wealth and privilege, of private jets and holiday homes.

At the court hearing last week for a tragic auto accident in Texas, where teenager Ethan Couch hit and killed four people, the defense attorneys cited "affluenza" (when one is raised in an environment of wealth, privilege and no limits, and as a result doesn't understand that actions have consequences) as the cause for his crime.

Lucile and her siblings are raised in the Midwest amid substantial wealth.

"They live in a highly competitive environment in Nassau County, and they're being raised in a tremendous amount of wealth, with high expectations and pressure to excel".