Word Finder - reality

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The state of being actual or real.

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The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.

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A real entity, event or other fact.

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The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.

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The entirety of all that is real.

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An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.

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Loyalty; devotion.

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Realty; real estate.

I was shocked at how harsh reality can be.

I don't think we'll ever learn when reality took over from fantasy.

We need to concentrate on reality, not what could have been.

For a moment his warm lips felt reassuring, and then reality broke the spell.

Evagoras was allowed to remain nominally king of Salamis, but in reality a vassal of Persia, to which he was to pay a yearly tribute.

At first she had thought of him as being asleep, but in the last few days reality was beginning to sink in.

She could avoid reality for a little longer.

In reality it already exceeded twenty thousand rubles.

The fever had taken her out of her mind and into the alternate reality of a dream.

But what about a reasoned belief based on a balanced look at both history and current reality that leads you to be optimistic?

Only now and then detached ideas and impressions from the world of reality shot unexpectedly through his mind.

When Jackson awoke, reality did not hit immediately.

Other times reality took over.

We called his position Regional Marketing Manager, but in reality he was a glorified errand boy—a paper pusher.

They sat for a while before she felt a familiar sense of anxiety at the reality of her situation.

She claimed Shipton was nuts to have her back, when in reality, who knows how he felt?

A barred owl called "you-all" in a southern drawl, jarring him to the reality that the sun had set.

Xander's introduction to her cousin made the reality of her situation starker.

Whatever reality she fell into, it wasn't over yet.

He carefully tucked away the reality that—if Jonny hadn't crippled her—she wouldn't have been taken.

We may add that according to this view nothing is real but the living spirit of God and the world of living spirits which He has created; the things of this world have only reality in so far as they are the appearance of spiritual substance, which underlies everything.

To "go nano" is to directly manipulate reality at the atomic level.

And suddenly the sequence of these thoughts broke off, and Prince Andrew heard (without knowing whether it was a delusion or reality) a soft whispering voice incessantly and rhythmically repeating "piti-piti- piti," and then "titi," and then again "piti-piti-piti," and "ti-ti" once more.

In reality, neither ever gave a flip about the other's life or career.

But as we grew up, reality set in that market forces did not allow those activities to pay enough to support us, so at some point we all figured out we had to "earn a living."

In reality, however, it was not, and could not be, possible to explain the burning of Moscow by making any individual, or any group of people, responsible for it.

But the face remained before him with the force of reality and drew nearer.

The unknown can be worse than reality, and she had no idea what to expect on the flight.

And your brother may not thank you when he realizes he must live with the reality that he killed an innocent for the rest of his life.

They were determined to enjoy every minute of easiness before dealing with the reality of the full moon.

I want to know for better or for worse what the reality is.

He was the remaining pillar of the foundation of the reality that existed before her trip to the beach.

It's like walking from reality into a dream and back again.

That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

But no sooner had Natasha finished her barcarolle than reality again presented itself.

Bennigsen was a landlord in the Vilna province who appeared to be doing the honors of the district, but was in reality a good general, useful as an adviser and ready at hand to replace Barclay.

Dean tuned Fred to the off position until his stepfather floated back to reality and continued.

When his mind finally began to return to reality, he worried that he might have hurt her.

Leland in his Itinerary (1558) recorded the fact that Bolton made cottons, which were in reality woollen goods.

Yet in reality, virtually everyone has.

Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a feeling of horror and dread of death seized him.

She moved forward, taking refuge from him in his own arms, a reality that amused him.

Faced with the reality of the situation, she paced in front of the door, arguing with herself.

And in reality many pieces of the long suras have to be severed out as originally independent; even in the short ones parts are often found which cannot have been there at first.

That impression, however, is not correct, for in reality the demonstrations of these longer Meccan suras appear to have been peculiarly influential for the propagation of Islam.

It shows the same subtle sense of character, and is unsurpassed in its reality.

The election itself might, and did, become a mere formality; but the condition precedent of election, the acceptance of the charter, invariably limiting the royal authority, remained a reality.

Why, only a little while ago people thought it quite impossible to teach the deaf-blind anything; but no sooner was it proved possible than hundreds of kind, sympathetic hearts were fired with the desire to help them, and now we see how many of those poor, unfortunate persons are being taught to see the beauty and reality of life.

Damian didn't care; Sofia liked Pierre, and he had a feeling Pierre's blunt dose of reality was soothing to her in a world where nothing else made sense.

As if she had been in a dream and was now waking up to reality.