How to Use fact of life in a Sentence

fact of life

noun phrase
  • In some parts of the world, wandering dogs are a fact of life.
    Byrichard Pallardy, science.org, 28 June 2024
  • Just a fact of life with the Real Quarterback of Florham Park.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Greed is just a fact of life, and according to — and never will.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • There was a time when the Chamber accepted labor unions as a fact of life.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Read the transcript here: In Idaho County, Idaho, four-wheel drive is a fact of life.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Grizzly bears are an ever-present fact of life at that cabin.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
  • Self-protection is a necessary fact of life in this line of work.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • That sort of shuffling is a fact of life for any offensive line, said Andrews.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
  • As a South Florida native, it's simply just been a fact of life.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The threat of gun violence has become a fact of life for America’s schools.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Britain isn’t accustomed to the waves of labor unrest that can be a fact of life in countries where the right to strike is enshrined in law.
    Tom Rees, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Alia Wong The threat of gun violence has become a fact of life for America’s schools.
    USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • It’s long been a fact of life that California’s coastal cities are among the most expensive places to live in the country.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The return to a Cold War–like security order in Europe is now a fact of life.
    Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2023
  • It’s long felt like a fact of life that the U.S. economy outperforms Europe’s.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 May 2024
  • But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life — and death.
    Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • Despite their caution, outsiders are a fact of life in Cherokee — a tourist draw since the middle of the 20th century.
    Jacey Fortin Mike Belleme, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • That being said, the majority of the British people now accept Brexit as a fact of life.
    Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2017
  • Well, more of a fact of life in some administrations than others.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • These fall migrations are both a simple fact of life for many avian species, and an epic adventure that takes them halfway across the globe.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Some number of hours passively absorbing cable TV news is a fact of life for most of us.
    Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • Throughout these decades of change, one permanent condition has set in: The congestion charge is now just a fact of life.
    Curbed, 31 May 2023
  • Lines of thunderstorms like yesterday are a fact of life across much of the country; workers aren't sent home three hours before a rain drop falls.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Rapid inflation has now been a fact of life for 30 consecutive months.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023

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