way of it
Example Sentences
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The film, among the first to receive an X rating, was the subject of 23 prosecutions for obscenity, which didn’t get in the way of it becoming a breakout hit in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
His name provokes heated debate - pro and con - and that was the way of it when his father called him up in the middle of the tour.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
“There’s always a way of it coming back to something. It’s not a melody that just goes.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023
And there must have been, certainly in the early years, a sense of “caveat actor”: Bad stuff can happen on a movie set, and that’s just the way of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023
This was the way of it, Julius realized.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
