c'est la vie
Example Sentences
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Guillermo del Toro’s almost realized “The Rise and Fall of Jabba the Hutt” was scrapped, but the filmmaker is saying c’est la vie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
I understand, though, that it would have made the bike pricier, so c’est la vie.
From The Verge ● Jan. 2, 2020
You can’t get much more contrived than getting three supermodels to arrange your hair on a yacht, but c’est la vie, because after Jenner received 3.5m likes, the pose became incredibly popular among copycats.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2019
Close smiled and offered a c’est la vie shrug.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2019
To Philip it seemed crude and stupid; the naive obscenity—c'est la vie, mon cher, c'est la vie, he cried—the naive obscenity served only to emphasise the conventionality of the anecdote.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
