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in reality or actuality
in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived
as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father
painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated
How To Use as a matter of fact In A Sentence
- Saw her awhile back at the Community Theater, as a matter of fact.
- Therefore the learning of many languages is injudicious, inasmuch as it arouses the belief in the possession of dexterity, and, as a matter of fact, it lends a kind of delusive importance to social intercourse. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education
- As a matter of fact, we are continuing our contacts and meetings.
- Well, as a matter of fact, I did.
- As a matter of fact, my brother painted very few things, at any stage of his career, as mere representations of reality, unimbued by some inventive or ideal meaning: in the rare instances when he did so, he naturally felt an indolent comfort, and made no scruple of putting the feeling into words — highly suitable for being taken _cum grano salis_. Old Familiar Faces
- As a matter of fact his remarks overrode your motion.
- As a matter of fact, most so called health nuts don't even scratch the surface of healthy living anyway, no matter how much they can bench press.
- The film doesn't really offer you breadcrumbs or any real way to guess at the truth - until it is offered as a matter of fact.
- As a matter of fact Fielding had two plays by him -- the _Good - natured Man_ (a title subsequently used by Goldsmith), and a piece called _The Wedding Day_. Fielding
- I guess you haven't eaten yet."— 'As a matter of fact. I have.' said Hunter.