How to Use memorize in a Sentence

memorize

verb

• For Levi, he was inspired to memorize the song lyrics and start off the year right.
  — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
• Go ahead and re-read this line three times to memorize it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
• This is it: memorize their breath and the stretch of your limbs and their sweat on your breastbone.
  — Ella Dawson, Longreads, 18 May 2020
• So memorize his face now, and get ready to hear lots more about him.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2020
• My goal was to read, write or memorize 28 poems in the month.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Dec. 2019
• Of being able to glance at a room and memorize all the details.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• Someone who memorizes the Bible by the age of 16 or 17, there's something there that needs to be dealt with.
  — Chris Eggertsen, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
• To work the bar in these moments was its own game of skill: scan the front row of faces, memorize an order, tune out the jeers from the back.
  — Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
• It’s one of those numbers — 4,256 — that kids used to memorize.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
• It’s more about teaching them to think than to memorize.
  — al, 3 Nov. 2019
• The poem does not need to be memorized and should be five minutes or less.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
• The code to open the safe is underwater, so every agent has to dive down and memorize a part of the code.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• When the twins were in fourth grade their homework each week was to memorize a new poem.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
• Players had to memorize and place 12 names of the plaza's scultures and statues on a board map.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
• The goal is to teach them to do more than simply memorize the types of questions and problems that appear on the test.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• The cast only have eight short weeks to memorize their lines and learn Lawrence’s blocking.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• The address book is a thing of the past — jeez, the act of having any phone numbers memorized, besides your own, is a thing of the past.
  — Caille Millner, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2017
• There’s my mom, who believes the recipe is law, to be read, memorized, and always within reach in the kitchen.
  — Lillian Li, Bon Appetit, 5 Apr. 2018
• The grandparents said that the children are home-schooled, made to memorize long scriptures in the Bible.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• Most of us memorized basic math facts like 5+6=11 in grade school.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• Some of the children, the grandparents told ABC News, have tried to memorize the entire book.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• Many plan out their outfits and memorize their schedules for the day.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
• Back in the '40s, Navajo children were trained to memorize things.
  — Shondiin Silversmith, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
• The first game is the glass bridge, which requires contestants to memorize what tiles light up.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• After a few visits, the hosts and servers will have your name and order memorized.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
• And her template is easy enough to memorize: a block of cream cheese and a pint of heavy cream, plus a few usual suspects to taste.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2023
• The point isn’t to memorize the words but to allow the content to enter your subconscious.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Jobs had to memorize an exact sequence of touches and swipes for the demo or the phone would have crashed.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
• In the meantime, perhaps memorize a few summer quotes to keep you calm.
  — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 28 July 2022
• These are the 21st century skills that enable people to go beyond trying to memorize the right answers and, instead, to ask the right questions.
  — Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024