that's life

Example Sentences

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And the whole business proves, happily, to have a lot of heart — broken sometimes, but that’s life, even in Toontown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

"It's rough, really rough. I have to keep going. It's part of it, that's life and we'll see what's coming."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

“I like that,” he adds, “because that’s life in a way. Everything’s subjective.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

It’s modest compared with the residences of all my Sims, and every bill and breakage leaves me wishing I could just type rosebud and make it go away—but that’s life.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

And if I lose, why, that’s life, gentleman.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton