Example Sentences

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“To be honest, I am realizing that until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope — and maybe you’ve experienced the same feelings,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

“I am realizing there is a larger joke about my anxiety about not having anything to say,” she said.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Broke up with an increasingly distant boyfriend and am realizing I was romanticizing his potential, rather than looking at what he was doing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

I am realizing I harbor a lot of resentment about the role he played in creating financial problems during our marriage that I am still living with today.

From Slate • May 16, 2021

But I am realizing that, just as in Key West, one job will never be enough.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich