How to Use fact of life in a Sentence

fact of life

noun phrase
  • That’s just a fact of life around these parts, too.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Or is this texture change just a sad but normal fact of life?
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
  • In some parts of the world, wandering dogs are a fact of life.
    — Byrichard Pallardy, science.org, 28 June 2024
  • In other words, data breaches are now a fact of life.
    — Dan Pinto, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Grizzly bears are an ever-present fact of life at that cabin.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
  • Greed is just a fact of life, and according to — and never will.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Instead, it can be seen as a drag, something that’s simply a fact of life.
    — Callum Booth, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Disappointment is a sour fact of life.
    — Charles Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The filibuster is a fact of life in the Senate.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Self-protection is a necessary fact of life in this line of work.
    — Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Milwaukee’s reading crisis has been a grim fact of life for years.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And for a long time, hurricanes have been a fact of life ‒ and usually mild enough to ride out in town.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • There was a time when the Chamber accepted labor unions as a fact of life.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Split ends are a normal and common fact of life, but that doesn't mean pros can't teach you how to prevent and treat them.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 June 2023
  • That sort of shuffling is a fact of life for any offensive line, said Andrews.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Aging is a fact of life, but how quickly your body and mind change can depend on lifestyle factors.
    — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Well, more of a fact of life in some administrations than others.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Look, violent crime is a fact of life in America.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is taught to us from the early days, an unalienable truth, a simple fact of life, like pooping.
    — Doug Demuro, Robb Report, 4 July 2023
  • Drama between friends, lovers, colleagues, and family is a fact of life.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
  • Fields, who has lived on and off the streets in Lancaster for two decades, said the scorching heat is a fact of life.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Insomnia quickly became a fact of life.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Bruce Springsteen, known by his fans as the Boss, is not immune to this inevitable fact of life.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Like fog in San Francisco, the bura is a fact of life on Pag.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The wider conflict in the region has been a fact of life since early October of last year.
    — The Editors, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The threat of gun violence has become a fact of life for America’s schools.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • By now, Ozzy was a fact of life that songwriters couldn’t resist evoking as a way to set the table.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
  • The grass is green, the sky is blue, and Katie Holmes is a fan of an oversized tote bag — those are just a few facts of life.
    — Kayla Blanton, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Rattlesnakes may be a fact of life in the wild, but finding one in your yard is an entirely different matter.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • Jenkin wanted to imbue the film is the sense of impending tragedy, which is a fact of life for such communities.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025

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