How to Use recognize in a Sentence

recognize

verb
  • They recognized the odor at once.
  • They refused to recognize the treaty.
  • I can always recognize him from far away by the way he walks.
  • I didn't recognize you at first with your new haircut.
  • The U.S. government has now recognized the newly formed country.
  • But more pragmatic viewers will recognize that the eight-part series is very much in the vein of what Brooks delivered.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
  • While other people and brands threw parties, it was universally recognized that there was no party like a Puffy party.
    Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For Gryffin, what’s certain was his recognizing music was the path he was destined to walk on and informing his parents in the process.
    Sean Malcolm, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Here are the players: Employers should recognize the out-of-date skill sets in our workplace and accept that a whole flock of perfectly skilled workers is not liable to show up out of the blue anytime soon.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The natural beauty of Laguna Beach is globally recognized and does not need another cent worth of promotion.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For better or worse, those who have seen AmEx’s other lounge locations will immediately recognize the design aesthetic.
    Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Maybe Carrie is there to teach us to take a step back and recognize our own flaws.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • On the last day of 2023, Eve looked back at her year and recognized the growth, both of herself as a mom and of her little boy.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This is the first time in my career that as many white people as Black people recognize me.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Since then, he's been recognized for and won various awards for his work.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • One of the people recognized him as the man who had assaulted others on the trail system last week, the statement said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The series would run for 11 seasons, win 37 Emmys and end as being recognized as one of the best sitcoms of all time.
    Cori Murray, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, though, things go wrong when he’s met by the only person who would recognize him: Erryk.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 June 2024
  • A lot of journalists recognize that that may be the price of doing business.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
  • But the writer, who died on June 13 at age 89, is now recognized as one of the giants of American fiction.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • The respite led him to recognize his own suffering and accept that he had been stretched to a breaking point, Kiakona said.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Heartening that people not just watched it but recognized it in this way.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
  • The researchers used the holograms to train an ONN, which could then recognize new images of the researcher and distinguish him from his colleagues.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • The Athlete of the Week voting occurs during all high school sports seasons and recognizes athletes across all sports.
    Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The actor never recognized the boy as his own, but the child was later adopted by Delon’s mother.
    Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
  • However, after Bradley hit his tee shot on the third hole during the second round, the club’s owner recognized his swing.
    Ryan Hamel, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
  • What made Rothko different was that there was nothing to recognize.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • They could be easily recognized as an homage to both Santa, and the spirit of the season, as Christmas approached.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Both Clark and Buffett recognized that long-term value trumped short-term profit.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2024
  • But, on a legal level, as the dissenting justices in Colorado recognized, the question of trust is not just about him.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023

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