true to life
idiom
: realistic and natural
The author presents the characters in a way that feels very true to life.
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The show is based on a therapy session, which was true to life.
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Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
The colors appear fairly accurate, with grass and leaves looking true to life.
—PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
Ones that feel true to life where grief and loss commingle with joy, love, and intimacy.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Still, there is something conspicuously postmodern about Crews’s material: Eugene performs to the Rocky soundtrack, and scorns Raging Bull for not being true to life.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
The colors appear fairly accurate, with grass and leaves looking true to life.
—PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
Ones that feel true to life where grief and loss commingle with joy, love, and intimacy.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025
Still, there is something conspicuously postmodern about Crews’s material: Eugene performs to the Rocky soundtrack, and scorns Raging Bull for not being true to life.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for true to life
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“True to life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20to%20life. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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