realize

Example Sentences

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Once you understand the fears and motivations of undocumented immigrants, you realize that most of what’s said about them makes no sense.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

I think a few didn’t even realize it was a Rolls until they saw the Spirit of Ecstasy on the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"Claws are never in that location in a Cambrian arthropod," said Lerosey-Aubril, "It took me a few minutes to realize the obvious, I had just exposed the oldest chelicera ever found."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

“By the time you realize you’re over it, it’s been a year,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

I realize he means to leave without saying anything else to me at all.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse