real-life
Example Sentences
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The superhero movie - starring real-life husband and wife Tom Holland and Zendaya - is only behind Avengers: Endgame, which took in more than $1.2bn in its opening weekend in 2019.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Reconsidering Spidey as a sort of mopey emo rocker might work if the interactions between the real-life newlyweds were genuinely touching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The acclaimed actor also portrayed real-life icons Jackie Robinson in “42,” James Brown in “Get on Up” and Thurgood Marshall in “Marshall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
South Korea’s romanticized “marriage of the century” has morphed into a real-life drama everybody is calling the “divorce of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“You wanted to know why I’d prefer a Last Friend over my real-life friends, right?”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
