c'est la vie
Example Sentences
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The term never caught on — ut c’est la vie.
From The Verge • May 31, 2022
There was little other action on the Senate floor as the hours passed, even as the Assembly chugged along with various minor bills and a vague sense of c’est la vie.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018
Her survival of the ups and downs has given her the c'est la vie attitude about her latest body of work, one that harks back to her initial love of pop.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2018
Beautiful hair came at a price, but I figured a scalp dotted with blisters was mine: c’est la vie.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2017
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)
