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 in the end, the kids would say game recognizes game.
  — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
• They’ve been known to play with balls, count, recognize faces and even feel rhythm.
  — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 8 June 2026
• Someone still has to look up from the screen and recognize him.
  — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Fans of his standup act will recognize many of the story beats.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
• And that's just part of recognizing the gift of each day.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
• Maybe my son is a reader, just not in the ways we were taught to recognize.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
• James recognized run, and the play turned into a foot race.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• The fact that we're recognized among them is just insane.
  — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
• In him, Capote could recognize so much.
  — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
• Nice to see a front office recognize this.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
• Thank you for recognizing me in this role.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
• Mike asks, but Gibbs recognizes him.
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
• Some even recognized the girl and her parents.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
• But people recognized me in the street.
  — Joannie Rochette, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• The funny thing is, Stipe didn’t recognize it at all.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Once this pattern has been recognized, new ones can begin to be formed.
  — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• They’re recognized as one of the best guard tandems in the country for a reason.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Should the Giants have nights to recognize those who've lost loved ones?
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
• Since then, he's been recognized for and won various awards for his work.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Every now and then in the spirits world, game recognizes game.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
• Who recognized what the AI missed?
  — Shannon McKeen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• And yet, far more went right in 2022 than most of us recognize.
  — Zachary Karabell, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2022
• For the woman to recognize her?
  — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
• That's not to say Lopez isn't against having her work recognized.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025