REAL in a Sentence

Learn REAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
227 example sentences for REAL, such as:
1. He's a real con artist.
2. He is a real estate agent.
3. I will tell you the real facts.
4. I have such real dreams very often.
5. Whoever made this cake is a real artist.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of REAL
real
 ad.  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
 n.  an old small silver Spanish coin
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  Mary wondered if she was in a real place or if she had fallen asleep again and was dreaming without knowing it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  I have such real dreams very often.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  I will pinch you a little if you like, to show you how real I am.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  "Because of the dreams that are so real," he answered rather fretfully.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  If you are real, sit down on that big footstool and talk.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Even if it isn't real Magic," Colin said, "we can pretend it is.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  It was such a real voice and it seemed so natural that he should hear it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
8  Judge Thatcher sent messages of hope and encouragement from the cave, but they conveyed no real cheer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  Tom's "real Barlow" was out at once, and he had not dug four inches before he struck wood.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his own head.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
11  They all had much to say, but the collar the most; for he was a real boaster.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE FALSE COLLAR
12  Now the name of this lad, that the real bride was to help in watching the king's geese, was Curdken.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
13  The moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
14  I will tell you the real facts.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
15  The king's duds was all black, and he did look real swell and starchy.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV.
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  With a bright red face I was forced to admit that I had no real idea.
2  He is a real estate agent.
3  My father commissioned a real estate agent to sell our house.
4  As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman.
5  Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
6  Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
7  His hard-nosed business approach is combined with a very real concern for the less fortunate in society.
8  Suddenly the argument developed into a real fight.
9  His speech seems to have sparked off a real argument.
10  Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it.
11  The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.
12  Whoever made this cake is a real artist.
13  My husband is a real artist in the kitchen.
14  He didn't quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.
15  He's a real con artist.