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.
• At what point did each of you realize that the whole was greater than the sum of its parts?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2022
• 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
• Many don’t realize that Meals by Genet means meals made by Genet, alone in the kitchen.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• That was when my mother realized that the gates wouldn’t have been open yet.
  — Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• The pair are 10 years apart in age but hardly realize it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Entrepreneurs have first off got to realize that this is a long-term game.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Jamie Lee was too young to realize it at the time, but those two life events would shape his future.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 14 July 2022
• 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
• Kohl realized: If the winds turn, this fire could go anywhere.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
• Some of them are realizing for the first time that ‘hey, my heart’s beating fast.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Jan. 2024
• Officers at the scene of the melee did not realize at the time that the sergeant had been kicked in the head, according to Manansala.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
• 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
• But the real star, to me, is Coogler, who comes across as an artist who’s fully realized at somewhat of a young age.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
• The picture is idyllic but the physical effort required to realize this dream is perhaps a little more than some are able to or willing to put in.
  — Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025