Example Sentences

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Realizing the importance of their findings, the researchers slowed down and expanded their study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Realizing all his instincts are wrong, he decides to do the inverse, leading to personal and professional success, at least temporarily.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Realizing they could lose a bid that seemed assured, Paramount’s executives boost their offer to $30 a share, up from $26.50.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Realizing the red programs were slated to be cut, they frantically started editing descriptions so that Borkert would at least know what those programs did.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Realizing that the work would be exceedingly tedious, he assigned it to young Clair Patterson as his dissertation project.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson