Example Sentences

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"You don't realise how much you miss something until you don't have it," Slade told BBC Radio 5 Live at Sandy Park.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"They had to realise tactically who they were and what they could do."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Satrapi told the Guardian in 2024 that Persepolis was about making western readers reflect on the humanity of Iranian people, and to realise: "Oh, they're actually human beings like us".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The defendant has contended he did not realise that he had run over anyone -- a claim that another prosecutor, Marco Reinl, called utterly implausible.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

I am in a classroom, I realise, because every room with more than one Erudite in it is a classroom.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth