1.   They were two arrogant, powerful men, both supremely gifted and both twisted out of shape by abusive childhoods.

2.   An older sister described an abusive childhood that seemed to take its heaviest emotional toll on Sue.

3.   Her character has been frozen by an abusive childhood but gradually thaws, as does the Maine landscape.

4.   Herself the product of foster homes and an abusive childhood, Fran has an unlimited hatred of social workers.

5.   She blamed an abusive childhood for putting her in long-term depression and making her consider drastic measures.

6.   While some serial killers report abusive childhoods, other deficits in their home environment can lead to violence later in life, according to several experts.

7.   He not only survived an abusive childhood in the home of hateful relatives, but came out with hope and the ability to love intact.

8.   Madonna plays a woman who, with her brother, endured an abusive childhood at the hands of their father.