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.
• 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
• 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 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
• Let’s not ‘normalize’ any of what this person is doing.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 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
• Tapering the dose after the blood pressure is normalized may help reduce the risk.
  — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
• The move also shuts down the risk of normalizing hidden data.
  — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
• Democrats came to see him as someone who might normalize the party with disillusioned voters in the age of Trump.
  — Marc Levy, ajc, 9 Nov. 2022
• States are ranked by total Olympic athletes sent to the Games per 1 million people in order to normalize the data across states.
  — al, 16 Feb. 2022
• The brand wants to be transparent about these side effects and also normalize them in a way that obliterates any shame about the use of these products as a whole.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Oct. 2022
• Isn’t giving your very young kids a taste of beer normalizing drinking way too early?
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 July 2023
• There should be no doubt that handing the host baton to such countries as Russia—and now to Qatar, the 2022 host of the World Cup—helps normalize regimes that violate human rights.
  — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Here is my proposal to normalize college football’s in-season and out-of-season schedule.
  — Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
• These experiences normalize the transition and offer fresh insights into how to approach new challenges.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025