noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
enjoy
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She had three children from her second marriage and immensely enjoyed their upbringing - dovetailing motherhood with a career working from home.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc
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I lead a sheltered life out in the branch.
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Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?
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We led a sheltered life out there in the suburbs.
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What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Our grandmother took charge of our religious upbringing .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bearded, he dresses with a casual elegance that reflects a privileged upbringing .
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Evangelicals and others in the mid-nineteenth century still placed the central responsibility for the upbringing of children upon the family.
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Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather, much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking.
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See how ashamed he is of his own father, how he rejects his own background and upbringing ?
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She didn't like being reminded of her nice, safe, middle-class upbringing .
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Slamming a door in some one's face has nothing to do with breeding or upbringing .
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Their upbringing was pretty straight and traditional, conservative, politically.
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We had such a beautiful upbringing , let me tell you, Billy.