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.
  • My goal is to normalize all shades and skin tones to be seen as equals.
    Gabby Shacknai, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • One way to do this is to normalize the idea of missing out.
    ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
  • One way to do this is to normalize the idea of missing out.
    Parents, 27 June 2026
  • To normalize your fears, please do not seek out people who will shame you.
    Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Oil prices tanked amid hopes of the crude trade normalizing.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • It was normalized to just do what you're told, and not ask any questions.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • At the same time, the word goy is becoming normalized in youth slang.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That, to me, was the most successful part of this—to normalize it.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2020
  • All of this is wearing, normalized even—and that’s a problem.
    Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • To ignore this is to accept and normalize it.
    Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The first is to normalize questions.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • By then, the language may already feel normalized to kids.
    Sharlette A. Kellum, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Maintaining the list became part of a string of tasks meant to normalize a strange year.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
  • But it could all be tested when growth normalizes and the cost of all that financing comes due.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But the answer is not to retreat from clemency, but to normalize it.
    Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The whole expression was to not allow it to be normalized.
    NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Most then guessed that people would need to wait a year or more for many aspects of daily life to normalize.
    New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • In short, the supply chain disruption will take some time to normalize.
    Mike Patton, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • In the process, the movie frivolously normalizes that discourse in that very milieu.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Kinnier is optimistic that prices could normalize in the near term.
    Ali Fazal, Fortune, 30 July 2022
  • The side effects get ignored because the habit is so normalized.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Over time, these habits become normalized, and the team mistakes low conflict for health.
    Britton Bloch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • School systems around the world normalized their use for remote learning.
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 19 June 2026
  • Ferreira says she was drawn to how the comedy worked to normalize a taboo topic.
    Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Colin has a cozy family to return to, which helps to normalize the film.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026

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