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
• Many readers may not realize that the 1987 cult classic film The Princess Bride was a book first.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Dec. 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
• And how did the person in the video not realize so many were jammed under their eyelid?
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2022
• 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
• People got to realize not one player in this league plays a great game all 82 games.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Biden doesn't realize this now, but his act of mercy will resound through me, bearing fruit that will outlive his time on this earth.
  — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025