Sentence examples for tough backgrounds from inspiring English sources
"I had to deal with kids from tough backgrounds, little criminals sometimes.
Like Birney's students, Birney's mentors are African-American, many from tough backgrounds themselves.
He adds: "You look at the most successful people in business and they have come from really tough backgrounds.
A lot of lads who come through the door are tough kids from tough backgrounds with no sense of belonging.
Since we know that schools make a difference when it comes to overcoming disadvantage and we also know it is particularly hard for children to shake off tough backgrounds, new schools (and all schools) must be incentivised to take challenging kids.
"These kids come from tough backgrounds where they have a world of issues and are products of their environment," said Parker B. Rockefeller, director of development for Living Classrooms, a nonprofit educational organization in Maryland that runs the Fresh Start program, a learn-by-doing program for students who have trouble with the law.
Abramović came out of a tough background.
He came from Cuba, from a tough background.
"You also, both of you, had a tough background," the interviewer said.
Murphy's tough background means he can be as hard as nails and is not clubbable.
She said her husband "came from a tough background, and he knows how to never give up".
