How to Use fact in a Sentence

fact

noun
  • The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.
  • Rapid electronic communication is now a fact.
  • Those facts will come to light.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe check your facts next time.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Of the fact our city burns down….
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • That's why facts alone won't change minds.
    — Heidi Yewman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, she’s built her life around it.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Or the fact that all cops may not be crooks.
    — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • He still would, in fact, at least for a few years.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
  • For some, the fact that she was left out makes no sense.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Now is the time for the facts and the truth to be known.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • In fact, a friend might become a lover.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
  • It was fact checked by Tyler Jones.
    — April 10, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Here's a closer look at the facts.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • In fact, most of them are under the ground.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, no trial dates have even been set.
    — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Are there, in fact, too many options?
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the common theme here, in fact.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The mammals do, in fact, have a woodsy smell.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Two times in three days, as a matter of fact.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But these doubts often stem from fear rather than fact.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • College dorm rooms had posters of the facts tacked to walls.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In a stunning turn of events, the hips do in fact lie.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The complaint says the shares were, in fact, worth much less.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The numbers did not jump out at that point, but one fact did.
    — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • In fact, using it in the wrong places can do more harm than good.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, dive shops often use trucks—not boats—to get to them.
    — Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
  • As the old saying goes -- where there's a fact, there's a gag.
    — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Of course, things could change, because of the facts and all of that.
    — Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018

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