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
• As a bettor, realize the hay is in the barn for this season.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 7 Jan. 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
• What [Meta] failed to realize was that the very fact Facebook had conceived the idea, doomed it.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2022
• Folks realize that this thing was not just here for a couple of years.
  — Phil Gallo, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
• 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
• The players who stay with him seem to realize that there is no easy path to success.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2022
• So many people out there fail to realize that Hulu is home to some of the best movies out there.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 28 Feb. 2022
• By the time the mistake was realized and the wayward runners were led back onto the race course, they had been overtaken by rest of the field.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
• The dress was instantly mocked, even during the ceremony, but what few realize even now was that Björk was in on the gag.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
• A lot of people drive through Macdoel and don’t realize it.
  — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Carten added people may not realize the mom cat is nearby.
  — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026