How to Use realization in a Sentence

realization

noun
  • There is a growing realization that changes need to be made to the coaching staff.
  • This novel is a journey of self-realization and a warning for generations to come.
    John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
  • There’s palpable joy in the sheer ingenuity of the movie’s conception and in the realization of it.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Bogaerts left spring training with a disappointed realization that the season might be his last with the Sox.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Eventually the realization has to surface, that the players can't always be the problem!
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The creative lifestyle affects one’s ability to connect, a realization that’s both strange and revealing.
    Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 16 Aug. 2024
  • What’s frightening about that realization is that those guys weren’t lacking talent, ability or experience at all.
    Michael Haag, Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The narrator of this debut novel begins their story with a 4 a.m. realization: Today is the birthday of their now-deceased first love.
    New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And yet, despite Monica’s abuse, James has the cathartic realization that their love for one another was all-enduring.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This isn’t the kind of slow intuition that comes from Pisces, nor the piercing deep realization of Scorpio, nor the lofty higher truth of Sagittarius.
    Emily Newhouse, Allure, 6 Dec. 2022
  • At that moment, managing type 2 diabetes may have been completely foreign to me, but with the diagnosis came a realization: Your life can change at any moment.
    Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The realization sinks in: the conditions of the house exist in the world, too.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That realization led me to start the Living Heart Project more than a decade ago.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 July 2024
  • Carmichael's realization in part led to the creation of his own series for the network, The Carmichael Show, in 2015.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Then, when the rise fails to resume, the realization comes that the old selloff has returned.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • For Hedman, the contract was the realization of a dream.
    Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • That realization came in the form of a late-night bedtime battle with my then 1-year-old.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The city’s realization is a long way off, though, experts say.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The 38-year-old wasn’t afraid of aging, but the realization last year inspired her to do something about it.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • One of the lightbulbs that went off for me along the way was the realization that most second homes are only utilized about 10% of the time.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • That realization has led the star to collab with skin-and-body care brand Eucerin.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • The realization of the loss was disclosed last week by SVB along with a share sale to raise fresh capital.
    Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The idea for his YouTube channel came from two realizations.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But for many, that’s a pipe dream, and as the season goes along, the realization sets in that the A’s will be gone for good as far as Oakland is concerned.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • And that realization, and the hopelessness that followed, was why the Source Awards was one of the most depressing days of my life.
    Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The realization, Roberts said, that Burnes’ future was on the mound and not in the batter’s box was difficult for the youngster.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For me, the biggest realization was that there’s power in choosing to do it your way.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 July 2024
  • The question of Being comes down to a realization of our own being.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Squad was born out of the realization that many of our friendships were slipping away at the hands of social media.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And that realization tugged his final thread of faith loose.
    WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023

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