: true to life
a true-life story

Examples of true-life in a Sentence

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Kimberly Peirce's haunting true-life portrait of Brandon Teena was far from Hilary Swank's first role. Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025 The true-life sports biopic unleashes Leo as Alice, the loud, over-the-top matriarch of a large Boston family and manager mom to Micky Ward, a championship boxing contender trained by his drug-addict pugilist half-brother Dicky. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Aaron Sorkin’s true-life tale about a group of anti-war protesters is a riot. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025 But after a promising showing at last November’s Gotham Awards, the true-life prison drama struggled to gain traction. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for true-life

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of true-life was in 1926

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“True-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true-life. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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