real-life
Example Sentences
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“It felt like we weren’t even strangers,” Villatoro said of her first real-life interaction with Mitchell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"They are real-life Pokémon, really, if you think about it," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The acclaimed actor also portrayed real-life icons Jackie Robinson in “42,” James Brown in “Get on Up” and Thurgood Marshall in “Marshall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
South Korea’s romanticized “marriage of the century” has morphed into a real-life drama everybody is calling the “divorce of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Write a paragraph about a real-life hero. You have a few minutes to get started now.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
