fact of life
Example Sentences
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Leaders of other countries went to him, a well-recognized fact of life in the United States Senate, when they needed something.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The FSS also issued a “consumer warning” last week to remind investors that “with stock market volatility increasing” sharp price changes are a new fact of life.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He lives in a "hacker-house", a shared living and workspace, where he and his colleagues continually swap ideas, and believes working long hours is just a fact of life.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
It was a fact of life, but if I brought it up, people would suddenly get interested in their hangnails and cuticles, or else distant places in the sky, and seem not to hear me.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
