true to life

phrase

: realistic and natural

The author's characters are true to life.

Examples of true to life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For many of the indignities up on the screen were true to life. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Filmed in her Venice home, the scene, her three children agree, was true to life. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

But still, the friendship captured onscreen is true to life, and an interesting peek into one of Hollywood’s most enduring bromances. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026

Some of the sets were built to be mostly true to life — like Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s apartment at 1040 Fifth, which was based off interiors shot for a Sotheby’s catalogue of her estate. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for true to life

• afterlife
• pocketknife
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• midlife
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• wildlife