fact of life
Example Sentences
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Americans, she says, shouldn't accept mass shootings as a fact of life.
From BBC
Whether this shift in taste is a gooden thing or a baden one is a matter of opinion, but that it happens is a fact of life, and no amount of burying one’s head in the sand will make it otherwise.
From Literature
Either way, most mistakes are soon both forgiven and forgotten; they are a fact of life, and one ought not to lose sleep over them.
From Literature
Neither seems to notice that the most astonishing, extraordinary fact of life is our existence.
Beyond that, he also believes that he can usher in new ways of living, in which performance-enhancement isn’t reserved for elite athletes, but becomes a daily fact of life.
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