realize
verb (used with object)
to grasp or understand clearly.
had been realizing
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past perfect progressiveof realize.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He realized, as he had been realizing for weeks, that he was more interested in that young woman than in anything else on earth.
From The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Harriet had been realizing ever since his arrival that Blondin had lost none of his unique and baffling charm.
From Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Thompson Norris
Copplestone, who had been realizing the serious significance of these statements, saw that it was time to speak, if energetic methods were to be taken at once.
From Scarhaven Keep by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
She had been realizing her mistake in these last few minutes.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
