How to Use realism in a Sentence

realism

noun
  • The realism of her dream was alarming.
  • He has a sense of realism about what can be done to improve the economy.
  • The look on his face is pure realism that this could be the end.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • When the spell wears off, when the magic is gone, there’s a lot of realism left.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Still, realism was never the end goal.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It's got a realism to it that really makes the show work.
    — Pamela Avila, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The first one takes place in a sort of magical realism.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This gives the book a realism that makes Poonachi much more than a symbol.
    — Eliot Schrefer, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The film’s realism now plays like a forecast of recent years.
    — Caryn James, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2021
  • This helpful dose of realism wasn't allowed to stand for long.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2020
  • But realism is beside the point.
    — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The script had an innate realism.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And that’s a problem of realism.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • One of the keys to it for me is that my novel really steps away from realism.
    — Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • The son of a coach has a dose of realism given the coaching job market.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Huge sidescreens give us close-ups, flashes of realism—the eyes, the sweat on the cheekbones.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • And part of the comedy also comes from the realism of the fight scene.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The gain in prosaic realism comes at a loss in fairy tale magic.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Our aim wasn’t to saturate the film with gore, but to anchor it in a stark realism.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • That realism focuses on cutting costs to stanch the bleed of cash.
    — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2020
  • In breaking those rules, the style shifts to what some might call magical realism.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This is realism, not criticism of any side.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Robert Pho is one of the finest black-and-gray realism tattoo artists on the planet.
    — Lori Basheda, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021
  • Throughout the film, there’s a tone that blends realism with something more stylized.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 5 May 2026
  • Sound is a main character and an emotional force in this film and is built on stark realism.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
  • This is where detail and realism matter.
    — Alvaro Rozo, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There are light sprinkles of magical realism in this book.
    — CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Some speculated that the change was made to give the film a newfound sense of realism.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • However, somewhere along the road to realism, things start to change.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • While the film is better off with all the realism, the production costs went up as a result.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025

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