Example Sentences

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Here was my opportunity to show that I had internalized early lessons; to demonstrate my resolve.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

I guess I had internalized that because I was thinking for two years, ‘Nobody wants to hear this story.’

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Amy Yates, 24, played competitive softball from childhood to her teenage years, and she had internalized the messages she’d heard about what it meant to be successful in sports.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2023

I somehow had internalized this idea of the Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give."

From Salon • May 6, 2022

It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis