in real life

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: in a real situation : in actual existence

We can laugh at things in movies that would scare us in real life.

Examples of in real life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Building your own air filtration cube is fun, sort of like Minecraft block crafting in real life. — John Alexander, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2026

Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri, who play Percy’s best friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, respectively, have also become fan favorites and close friends in real life. — John Bleasdale, Variety, 31 Oct. 2026

From the sofa, naturally, watching approximately 54 hours of people breaking up, with believable emotions but slightly sassier best friends than mortals have in real life. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026

Now Gizelle has to decide whether that person is her longtime friend in real life or the woman who has spent the past several seasons doing much of her dirty work. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for in real life

• afterlife
• pocketknife
• alewife
• birdlife
• folklife
• housewife
• jackknife
• midlife
• midwife
• nightlife
• penknife
• wildlife