How to Use true-life in a Sentence
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One of the world’s great true-life train heist stories is set to return to the big screen in China.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2024
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The result is a true-life tale of fame and friendship stranger (and funnier) than fiction.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
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This true-life tale about perseverance, compassion and second chances cuts right to the quick.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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From haunted houses and possessed dolls to true-life exorcisms, check out these 10 horror movies based on real-life events.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
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The film’s story is loosely based on the true-life reunion of Song, her American husband and her Korean school pal, which took place when the director was 29.
—Robert Ito, New York Times, 31 May 2023
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What attracts you to telling these sensational true-life stories?
—Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
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Like Cooper, Malek was a cisgender straight man playing a true-life bisexual.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
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Here, Pohlad has found another true-life music-industry story about family and the slippery nature of success.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2023
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In the true-life story, Roberts melded her comic and dramatic talents as a single mother who takes a stuffy law firm by storm and isn't afraid to be a little flirty when taking on a utility company responsible for an environmental hazard.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
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