realize
verb (used with object)
to grasp or understand clearly.
have been realizing
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present perfect progressiveof realize.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And I think more and more they have been realizing, some things need to change, some things don’t.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
And I have been realizing, the last few days, that home is an empty and foolish place without its man about.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
But I have been realizing in these two years that I may be suffering from something that may be beyond the control of will.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
I realized that when you gave it and I have been realizing it ever since.
From The Rise of Roscoe Paine by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
But Casa Grande, I have been realizing, will have to be refurbished for its coming guest.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
