real-life
Example Sentences
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The film, whose title means "I will return", tells the story of a romance that survives nearly eight decades, inspired by real-life accounts from families affected by the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
It's a universe in which players craft stories of heroism, treachery and geopolitical turmoil - and suffer real-life economic consequences.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The marvelous, real-life expanse of the Backrooms set allows Parsons to track his characters through the ceaseless spaces, their architecture subtly growing stranger the further they get.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The real-life SGA was asked during a TV interview after Game 3 in San Antonio about the “flopper!” chants that rained down on him at Frost Bank Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Actually, they’d become close real-life friends after Lydia had spent two weeks that summer at Dahlia’s family’s beach house in Nantucket.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
