How to Use materialize in a Sentence

materialize

verb

• Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
• A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table.
• Once on board the ship, though, those promises may not materialize.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
• The best actress field will be crowded with big names and talent, but there’s a pocket of support for her that could materialize further.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
• And while there has been some discussion of extending the period of mandatory conscription to at least a year, that, too, has failed to materialize.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
• Even though some voting experts' worst fears didn't materialize, some voters still experienced the types of routine foul-ups that happen on a small scale in every election.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• The hundred billion dollars a year promised in Copenhagen to developing nations have yet to materialize.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• The village last year agreed to pay $4.5 million for the property, but the deal required approval from the state legislature, which did not materialize.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• But, as was the case in 2022, the red wave didn't materialize.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2023
• This year in Phoenix, though, the heavy rains failed to materialize.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
• Over the past few months, shiny metallic orbs have materialized cities around the world, from New York to Berlin to Tokyo.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• But as the session wound down, a deal had failed to materialize.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• On May 30, the broadcast plans for many of their road games materialized.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
• But with just days to go before the Olympic cauldron is lit, the tourists don’t seem to be materializing.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 July 2024
• But by the end of the week, the council had yet to materialize, underscoring the deal’s fragility.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• After about an hour, a rocky shoreline studded with terns and gulls materialized out of the heavy fog.
  — Maliya Ellis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
• The plot centers on an injured man who materializes at a down-on-its-heels monastery in the Central Valley.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Highs are probably around 70 (but could be lower if the rain is steady, or higher if the rain fails to materialize) with lows close to 60.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• If Abrams tanks sit on the bench while Leopard 2 tanks grab all the glory, that pressure could materialize.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023
• Many of them have been tripped, yet no big downturn has materialized.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
• Within minutes, a deep bruise materialized on the young man’s face where one of the guards had punched him, the second student witness said.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• But that didn’t materialize in the results released this week, at least not for the bigger players.
  — Gina Heeb, WSJ, 21 July 2023
• But fears of widespread violence on the day of the election did not materialize.
  — Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2024
• In other words, drawn out once with the prospect of a groundbreaking deal that never materialized, a warier Kim may not be so quick to do so again.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• The sale process allowed others to make a better bid, but Vice said that no such offers materialized.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 June 2023
• When the rapper failed to materialize, Davis said, the group waiting for him left for its hotel, only to encounter Shakur and Knight talking to fans at a red light.
  — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• But even for the best young players, the dream of turning pro doesn’t usually materialize.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Their Super League concept stands no chance of materializing in the next few years.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Newsom and his aides hoped the bill would become part of a package of legislation supported by the Senate and Assembly, which failed to materialize.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
• Tehran’s inaction caused many Middle East analysts to question if the Iranian response would ever materialize – and by extension, what that would mean for Khamenei’s commitment to his proxy forces.
  — Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024