fact of life

Example Sentences

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Despite leaning old in years, it’s a coalition marked by an immature inability to accept a basic fact of life: that the kids today aren’t going to like the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid.

From Salon

Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay perfect.

From Barron's

Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay perfect.

From Barron's

Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay perfect.

From Barron's

Americans, she says, shouldn't accept mass shootings as a fact of life.

From BBC