in reality

phrase

: in actual fact

Examples of in reality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in reality, there has only been one good season at the Boulder circus. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

But in reality, the company was running out of money, and Vohra was stretching himself thin. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Here’s an occasion when the promotional blurb for a shirt — often seven shades of nonsense — might actually have some rooting in reality. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The days leading up to autumn in New York are their own study in reality and illusion. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1513, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for in reality

• banality
• bestiality
• brutality
• carnality
• centrality
• chirality
• duality
• fatality
• finality
• formality
• frugality
• legality