Sentence examples for encounters with reality from inspiring English sources

But it does not always survive encounters with reality, as the French example shows.

Of course there were, even during the merry season, some awkward encounters with reality.

Rodman's encounters with reality TV and his friend Kim Jong-un seem remarkably similar – they start off fun then take a darker turn.

According to Geoff Mulgan [pdf], chief executive of Nesta and former No 10 director of strategy: "No plans survive their first encounters with reality intact".

That plush, old-fashioned movie palace may seem like an incongruous setting for rough and raw encounters with reality, but the grandeur is also an appropriate reminder that even small movies deserve a big screen and a big audience.

But the experiences that occasion our errors sticks that look bent when immersed in water, etc.—are all encounters with reality.

"It's that we are having an encounter with reality".

We'll see how Professor Obama reacts to his first encounter with reality.

His encounter with reality in Spain was steady enough that these didn't have to cancel each other out.

He is an autodidact who learned to get out more, and every poem feels like a fresh encounter with reality.

Perry's work will allow the historic graveyard to enter the modern era and reconcile its records, which Perry ranks among the best he's encountered, with reality.