How to Use reality in a Sentence

reality

noun
  • They made the plan a reality.
  • The reality is that we can't afford to buy a house.
  • He used television as an escape from reality.
  • But what about the reality of the past year and a half?
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
  • But there was also a lot of reality in the DNA, which was set in the first shows.
    Monica Kim, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • There are the tropes that are getting her there, but then the reality of things sets in.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The reality show aired on TLC for about seven years in the 2010s.
    Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But in reality, the sun can be a drag, and can give you a sunburned face or a head drenched in sweat.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
  • In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Whether the reality will match that remains to be seen.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The actor posed with his arm around the reality star's waist.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
  • The thing is, no one like me had done a reality show before.
    Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 22 July 2025
  • The reality of it is, is that in that park were friends of mine that were unhoused, and their children were there too.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
  • It’s a book about meditation and the power of thought and the reality of life and truth.
    New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The reality is, that the Suns need to limit turnovers and score inside at a higher rate in Game 4.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2022
  • In fact, now is the perfect time to change your life in a way that reflects the realities of our changing world.
    Tom Steyer, Fortune, 28 May 2024
  • In reality, the Detroit rap scene of the 1990s, including the Hip Hop Shop, was tight-knit.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • And so this crew, who in the mud and the snow and the rain, really gave a great sacrifice, made this show a reality.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • In reality, the program is the Mike Dukakis of football.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • But the reality is at least one of them will likely be gone next season.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • An 11-2 Nuggets run followed, and what didn’t make sense on paper was the reality of the series.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
  • The reality for global banks is that Hong Kong is hard to replace.
    TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That, coupled with the reality that there are so few salmon in the river, has put fishers on edge.
    Gwozniac, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Did the prospect — and then the reality — of those teams’ boldness play into New York’s thinking at all?
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the reality Alex Mahedy has been trying to create for the past few years.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
  • But the reality is that the movie is already in free fall by the time its feverish extra half-hour of blood, screaming and fire kicks in.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Could this be a nod to her reality show’s home network?
    Mj Corey, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2022
  • More than any of that is the reality that the Heat need to find out if the Tyler Herro-Rozier dynamic can work.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • Comstock was faced with the reality that her husband had been cheating on her with men and may have transmitted HIV.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
  • In reality, such things would resemble goopy, gory body horror.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025

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