Examples of true-life in a Sentence
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The Fall season bows out in October, but not before dropping two true-life tales of music icons.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The drama was inspired by the true-life story of Melissa Moore; the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 July 2025
Antle’s sentence is the final true-life chapter of the Tiger King saga.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The title track – the last song on the album – does follow a Boss-esque blueprint of vivid storytelling (with the serious true-life recounting of a near-fatal car crash as a teen), but the music leans more Killers sheen than Springsteen muscularity.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 22 June 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The drama was inspired by the true-life story of Melissa Moore; the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 July 2025
Antle’s sentence is the final true-life chapter of the Tiger King saga.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The title track – the last song on the album – does follow a Boss-esque blueprint of vivid storytelling (with the serious true-life recounting of a near-fatal car crash as a teen), but the music leans more Killers sheen than Springsteen muscularity.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 22 June 2025
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“True-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true-life. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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