Words similar to realism

Example sentences for: realism

How can you use “realism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This romantic book is saved by unexpectedly wry realism.
Supporters of campaign-finance reform deserve fairly high marks for realism these days.
If we're talking betrayal, the real betrayal was that Lahti didn't leave the series once the troubled ER clone started to abandon its blue-scrub realism for the creepy random fancifulness that passes for creative on television these days.
This kind of realism marks Scorsese's next two films, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore --his best piece of directing-for-hire, and one of the half-forgotten gems of the period--and Taxi Driver , both of which were critically and commercially successful.
Lacking the compression of the greatest movie making, the realism of films like Ulee's Gold leaves me slightly yawny.