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

But even when Carell manages to differentiate his character’s mid-life crisis from all the other 50-something divorced dads who’ve preceded him (onscreen and in real life), the break-up never invokes significant doubts in his fellow couples. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 May 2025

No, in Good American Family and in real life, Kristine and Michael Barnett do not go to jail for the allegations against Natalia. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

To the extent that such neat inception points exist in real life, an afternoon at an aging movie palace on the corner of Lake Park and Grand Avenues, in central Oakland, California, provided one for the filmmaker Ryan Coogler. —Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

This kind of emotional complexity mirrors what so many people experience in real life. —Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for in real life

• afterlife
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• birdlife
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• midlife
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