How to Use normalize in a Sentence

normalize

verb

• The drug normalizes heart function.
• The talks are aimed at normalizing relations between the countries.
• It took years for the political situation in the country to normalize.
• My goal is to normalize all shades and skin tones to be seen as equals.
  — Gabby Shacknai, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• He is asked a few times a day when things might normalize.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• As for glass and plastic, the trend is expected to normalize by the end of the second half of the year.
  — WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• That, to me, was the most successful part of this—to normalize it.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2020
• The goal is to normalize the idea of asking for help and give students a place to reset.
  — Jocelyn Gecker and Dylan Lovan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
• The goal is to normalize the idea of asking for help and give students a place to reset.
  — Jocelyn Gecker and Dylan Lovan, Chron, 18 Aug. 2022
• The goal is to normalize Black folk and people of color in these roles.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• And normalize alone time for those that need to reboot.
  — Nirosha Methananda, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2022
• It was normalized to just do what you're told, and not ask any questions.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• In the process, the movie frivolously normalizes that discourse in that very milieu.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
• The same is true of the policy to normalize trade with China.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
• To normalize your fears, please do not seek out people who will shame you.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• The two countries are in talks to normalize relations, with the support of the United States.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
• All of this is wearing, normalized even—and that’s a problem.
  — Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
• De León’s return to the council committees may normalize him in the eyes of the public.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
• The European Union has overseen years of talks to normalize their ties.
  — Dusan Stojanovic, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022
• In short, the supply chain disruption will take some time to normalize.
  — Mike Patton, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• The result of these initiatives, if not the goal, may be to normalize the idea of geoengineering.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2022
• The city is in the level of disrepair that forces us to normalize disrepair.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
• Let’s not ‘normalize’ any of what this person is doing.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2022
• Let’s not ‘normalize’ any of what this person is doing.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2022
• Let’s not ‘normalize’ any of what this person is doing.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2022
• Then, the scores were normalized for each factor to create a score out of 10 for each destination.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• Kinnier is optimistic that prices could normalize in the near term.
  — Ali Fazal, Fortune, 30 July 2022
• It’s so easy to normalize Black people and trauma in every aspect of their lives.
  — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2021
• While the talks are still in the early stages, Trump’s engagement has raised the possibility of Syria’s leadership eventually normalizing ties with Israel, although this process will likely take time.
  — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
• The country’s far right, which now controls 30 percent of Parliament, has normalized radical antidemocratic rhetoric and mobilized a disenchanted electorate that sees liberal governance not as a safeguard but as a barrier to reform.
  — Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025