How to Use fact in a Sentence

fact

noun
  • He did it, and that's a fact.
  • The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.
  • Rapid electronic communication is now a fact.
  • In fact, Phoenix outpaced the nation both in wage growth and employment growth last year.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In fact, the most impactful weather events are those that do not get categorized with names.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The whole speech, in fact, had the feel of a hostage video.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2021
  • When the facts fall apart, cry Fake News and Deep State.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Which makes the fact that the victim was the star of just such a project all the more eerie.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, EW.com, 27 June 2019
  • Of course, things could change, because of the facts and all of that.
    Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The fact that the bruise takes a while to heal does not mean something’s wrong.
    Maggie Astor, New York Times, 27 July 2019
  • In fact, there is no mention of the illness in the film.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The police were stumped by the fact that no one in the house had heard the attack.
    James Karst, NOLA.com, 13 May 2018
  • The president could have gone away and checked the facts.
    The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • As the old saying goes -- where there's a fact, there's a gag.
    Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In fact, phones should not be allowed in the room at all.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022
  • But just the fact that there aren’t very many of these forums . . .
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • In fact, Ivey said Scarlett made the most of his time away.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • But the fact that the two are on the same page is probably a good thing, right?
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 16 Jan. 2019
  • The fact that both of us never sat on the block next to each other.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And in fact, such a couple appeared on the show in 1979.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
  • In fact, no one even notices when the house is set ablaze.
    Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • One of those people, in fact, talked to our Calvin Watkins.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The numbers did not jump out at that point, but one fact did.
    Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • The fact that Taylor Swift has a house down the street only adds to the allure.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, the brand has been claiming red shade supremacy since the 1930s.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2024
  • And then there was a story that was made up after the fact.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The landfill has, in fact, been (sort of) filling up for decades.
    David Gutman, The Seattle Times, 26 Mar. 2019
  • In fact, most caved to their cravings just before the event.
    Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 9 Nov. 2022
  • And each day, each hour in fact, is fraught with peril.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • But the fact that the meeting happened at all was a scandal.
    Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020

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