How to Use true-life in a Sentence

true-life

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• The result is a true-life tale of fame and friendship stranger (and funnier) than fiction.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes users share fan fiction inspired by true-life shootings.
  — Odette Yousef, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
• One of the world’s great true-life train heist stories is set to return to the big screen in China.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2024
• What attracts you to telling these sensational true-life stories?
  — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Antle’s sentence is the final true-life chapter of the Tiger King saga.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
• This true-life tale about perseverance, compassion and second chances cuts right to the quick.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• Books by doctor-writers carry a special charge because of the true-life nature of the drama.
  — Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
• Andrew Lazar, who last worked on true-life swimming drama Nyad, is producing.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
• Both Noah and Rebecca are dealing with real problems, true-life stuff, the kind of things coming at all of us.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
• The kind of unflashy, true-life stuff network TV did well for so many decades, and then indie film did even better for so many more decades.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
• The film follows the true-life story of WWE performer Paige, played by Pugh.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
• From haunted houses and possessed dolls to true-life exorcisms, check out these 10 horror movies based on real-life events.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
• But its true-life story and wider streaming release are a reminder of the social history of the TV movie.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
• Like Cooper, Malek was a cisgender straight man playing a true-life bisexual.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• Zachary Levi has traded in his superhero suit for a true-life story steeped in faith and American history.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
• That’s a shame, because both Dunst and Tatum do career-best work in this low-key, true-life tale, which was totally blanked at the Globes.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
• Before this true-life drama, Damon had never been directed by his buddy Ben Affleck.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
• But after a promising showing at last November’s Gotham Awards, the true-life prison drama struggled to gain traction.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
• Here, Pohlad has found another true-life music-industry story about family and the slippery nature of success.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2023
• Andre Holland and Wendell Pierce are stepping into the ring for the true-life boxing movie They Fight.
  — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
• Working with the editor Hannah Buck, Lane uses their endless archive of images to craft a true-life nature fairy tale.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
• The harrowing true-life tale follows Glass on a perilous fur-trading expedition in the 1820s.
  — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
• In any case, knowing a little bit about the true-life episode that inspired its fantastical reimagining will certainly help viewers connect with its cryptic choices.
  — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
• Voicemails for Isabelle writer-director Leah McKendrick says the film was inspired by several true-life events.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026
• Released on Christmas Day, the true-life sports drama earned an A Cinemascore and is building word of mouth at the holiday box office.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Dec. 2024
• The fanfare is somewhat prophetic as Gadd’s character, Donny, based on his true-life experiences, spends the greater part of the show chasing fame as a writer and comedian.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
• The film’s story is loosely based on the true-life reunion of Song, her American husband and her Korean school pal, which took place when the director was 29.
  — Robert Ito, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• The extremely soapy, enjoyably satirical true-life drama chronicles love, rampant betrayal and a brazen murder plot through three decades of the iconic Gucci fashion house.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
• Nattiv plays this true-life story out like a thriller—his film is moody and tense—but what gives the proceedings undeniable force is Carrie Coon’s performance as Rita Cooper.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
• Rose is such a project, a historical drama that plays out like a folk tale, an aggregate of many similar true-life stories — some detected, others not — lightly fictionalized and thoughtfully distilled into one.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026