- present participle of realize.
realizing
Example Sentences
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Realizing that this unusual dimming could reveal something important, Zakamska and her colleagues began an extended observing campaign.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
Realizing all his instincts are wrong, he decides to do the inverse, leading to personal and professional success, at least temporarily.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Realizing this was all her single mother of 10 kids had saved for the entire family, Hoffman says she and her mother burst into laughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Realizing it was an attack, he took off running too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
Realizing that my plastic weapon was hardly a match for a long fork wielded by a maddened Methuselah, realizing that I was seeing Clyde at his worst, I tried to end our little duel.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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