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.
• And yet, far more went right in 2022 than most of us recognize.
  — Zachary Karabell, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2022
• And the first movie was recognized by the WGA, and I was gratified by that.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
• Fans of his standup act will recognize many of the story beats.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
• 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
• For years, the school board declined the proposal to recognize Eid as a day off.
  — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
• Some folks only recognize Jonathan Frakes from the memes.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• The center is the latest effort to recognize the legacy of the 1969 Stonewall riots.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 21 June 2022
• This is not someone whom the Kim Wexler at the start of the series would tolerate, let alone recognize.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2022
• This is the first time in my career that as many white people as Black people recognize me.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 7 Jan. 2024
• These Jets are also off to their best start since 2010, and the Patriots recognize that.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 30 Oct. 2022
• Yesterday, one of the nurses ... recognized her from the video.
  — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
• To love America is to recognize its flaws and work to make things better.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 4 July 2022
• 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
• Melling never felt as if people would recognize him on the streets of London.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2023
• The coaches recognize the women as much more than their bodies.
  — Shelby Denise Smith, Essence, 4 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Manchin, too, could be a tricky race to watch for Democrats, who recognize he’s probably the last of their own to have a shot in a state that voted for Trump by 39 points.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Dec. 2022
• Patients, confused already, didn’t recognize the nurses who had come to care for them dressed in masks, gowns, and gloves.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• 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 church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years.
  — Christopher Watson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
• At the same time, the brothers recognize that Watermelon needs to tell stories that cross genres and reflect marginalized groups outside of Palestine.
  — Matt Minton, Variety, 2 May 2025