How to Use actuality in a Sentence

actuality

noun
  • The actuality was quite different from the theory.
  • The concept and the actuality is, in fact, out of time and out of space.
    Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 9 Apr. 2021
  • In actuality, Paton hadn’t talked to the Packers about a deal for Rodgers since the spring of 2021.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • In actuality, the Browns went above and beyond for Beckham so that both sides could move on from this.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
  • In actuality, the Musketeers are off to their best start in a decade.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In actuality, moments like these, clearly from the heart, were the most memorable parts of the night.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2021
  • In actuality, they are molded to fit the corners and can pop in and out as needed, like a puzzle piece.
    Kat Thompson, Bon Appétit, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In actuality, the screams are coming from cheap Halloween decor in pursuit of a good jump-scare.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Feb. 2023
  • In actuality, the person on the other end of the line was Donald Sterling.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
  • In actuality, all snow is clear, despite looking white most of the time.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Garry appeared in the film as the devil—or, in actuality, a man dressed up as the devil for Halloween.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In actuality, the vaccine would take about a year and a half at best to develop, Fauci said.
    Fox News, 3 Apr. 2020
  • In actuality, all that length is tucked into a casual, looped bun, with a few of the ends poking out.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In actuality, that client didn’t owe the state anything.
    Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • There will inevitably be highs and lows and in the early days every mistake will seem like the end of the world, but in actuality life is just a series of moments.
    Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • In actuality, Alex (Miles Heizer) killed Bryce, but his friends helped cover up his role in the murder.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 6 June 2020
  • But, as that title suggests, the artist means to convey mood as well as actuality.
    Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
  • In actuality, the first of the heteronyms to debut was one Chevalier de Pas, a French knight in whose name Pessoa wrote letters to himself at the age of five or six.
    Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • But in actuality, there’s no record that Steve ever kept in touch with Letourneau.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2023
  • That somehow our vice, in actuality, is drenched in virtue.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2022
  • In actuality, what makes a book one of the year's best is entirely subjective, and that's what makes reading so fun.
    Glamour, 21 Dec. 2023
  • It, in actuality, unfolded in the middle of a Lenten season about two years ago.
    Jessica Lynne, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In actuality, the Suns deserve more than just a mention.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • At the end of the afternoon, Roethlisberger may have gotten the last laugh, but in actuality, all that matters to him is getting the win.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2021
  • While many may assume that this is a song about love, in actuality, the writer Jeffrey Steele was inspired by the passing of his father.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But in actuality, the reason for the beehives has a far deeper and holistic reason.
    Danielle Harling, House Beautiful, 8 Nov. 2020
  • In actuality, the most horrifying scream is one with no sound at all.
    Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
  • In actuality, a lot of people, including women, are cut out for the trades.
    Jessica Dulong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In actuality, the firm had a much thinner capital cushion, with only enough cash to pay 0.8 times that amount.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In actuality, Dan must put his old skills to work to protect his family.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023

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