How to Use realize in a Sentence

realize

verb

• They did not realize the risk that was involved.
• You just have to realize that you can't always get what you want.
• He finally realized the scope of the problem.
• She realizes how much things have changed.
• She slowly realized what he was trying to say.
• Do you realize how difficult that stunt is?
• He realized a lifelong dream by winning an Olympic medal.
• He finally realized his ambition to start his own business.
• The Grootes did not realize the Seeger boys play their games at the gym in Williamsport, which was built in 1958.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2023
• But realize, Legans doesn’t want to be a sleeper in the WCC.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022
• That was when my mother realized that the gates wouldn’t have been open yet.
  — Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• But the star realized that her son was confused about where the bathroom was.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• The team that trades for him will need to realize, and accept, that wrinkle.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
• All of my concerns and fears were realized by one phone call.
  — Mike Levine, ABC News, 14 June 2023
• Is this a song where, over the course of it, the person singing is going to realize something?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
• Over the years, Ford has helped many young people realize their dreams.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
• Lee fires his gun, sees the glass fall and roll across the floor, only to realize he’s shot Allerton in the forehead.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2024
• Some of them are realizing for the first time that ‘hey, my heart’s beating fast.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Jan. 2024
• A lot has changed in the landscape of fashion and art since then, so in many ways that mission has been realized.
  — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• And realize that the surface world, with the Avengers at the helm, beat a different Thanos to preserve all life in the universe.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022
• The musicians in Crown Lands realize what might be at stake for their band.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 25 Oct. 2022
• His daughter was the first one to realize something was amiss.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
• Mack realized what the theater did for him could be an outlet for youth.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
• Many car shoppers don’t realize that the MSRP of the vehicle isn’t the final price.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
• At that point, Kristy realized that Urker was the one who'd gotten away.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
• Perhaps the Sauk did not yet realize that the U.S. government itself did not plan to keep the land.
  — Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
• From today, though, the pressure is gone, his dreams realized in full.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
• And one of the keys has been realizing that each game is its own entity.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
• But what few may realize is that the template for that concept may have started 80 years ago today — with the death of a big-band musician.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
• This triggers further events leading to that linden tree, and to the protagonist realizing the errors of his ways.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024