Sentence examples for reality slap from inspiring English sources

"Katrina was a great reality slap.

Newsom then stepped down from the backhoe and received another reality slap — this in the form of questions about a previously-agreed-upon deal that appeared to have fallen apart the night before between the city of San Francisco and its biggest union, the Service Employees International Union.

"But I think a lot of people have academic opinions, and the question is, when reality slaps them hard in the face, what do they really believe?" In the Esty household, there is disagreement on capital punishment.

This was a big and scary reality slapping me directly in the face at 8 08 a.m.

In truth, the could-have-beens paled to the reality that slapped them in overtime, when Kyle Wilson committed a costly third-down pass-interference penalty on Aaron Hernandez, the flag thrown late.

Ortega's reality quickly slapped the belief away.

Alby's flight into childhood becomes a paradoxically surreal journey into reality; the more juvenile his behavior, the more savagely the grown-up world slaps him down.

But I discovered Hollis at the right time, a few years back, and his writing was a bracing draught of reality, a rousing slap in the face, a wake-up call – pick your metaphor, but What Matters Most was what I needed.

To exclude it is a denial of reality and a slap in the face of countries that have embraced it.

Like Lene, and though it took me decades, I finally recognized the reality that kept slapping me ever-harder in the face.

Every day holds a reality check which slaps me in the face or tugs at my heart to remind me that my physical connection with my daughter is over in this lifetime.