His father, after all, had this horrible childhood, fought his way through it and emerged successful in American terms.

Perhaps a chance to get away from his horrible childhood and family.

He had a horrible childhood and nothing seemed to go right for him after that.

She embellished it, imagining a horrible childhood.

He appears to have suffered a pretty horrible childhood.

When Natori is first introduced, he hated spirits for his horrible childhood.

Aileen was a prostitute, she had been raped several times, she had had a horrible childhood.

She'd overcome a truly horrible childhood to own her own business and actually join the chamber of commerce.

Arachnia had endured a horrible childhood, much worse than Elena's, if Madame was to be believed.

So I ended up having a horrible childhood, a horrible time in school, having to really defend myself a lot.