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It had been dawning on Luckey and Iribe and their colleagues for some time that they might not be as clear as they thought they were on what virtual reality is actually for.

From Time • Mar. 26, 2014

IV Little by little there had been dawning in his mind a vague understanding; and now, as he lay on his bed in the inn at Pont-Aven, this understanding became a conviction.

From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by Fletcher, John Gould

The truth had been dawning on his mind for weeks past, but he had put it aside, willfully blinding himself because of his contentment with the present.

From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)

The thing which had been dawning upon her took clearer, more awful form.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

And in the meantime a great truth had been dawning in my mind.

From The Romance of Golden Star ... by Griffith, George Chetwynd