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
I have been realizing for months and months that my voice is not worth the trouble and expense father and the rest of you have taken.
From The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook
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)
I have been realizing that all this Holy Week.
From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie
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
