Example Sentences

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Realizing how big we have been created to be, he says, drives transformation of character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Realizing the importance of their findings, the researchers slowed down and expanded their study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Realizing this was all her single mother of 10 kids had saved for the entire family, Hoffman says she and her mother burst into laughter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Realizing the red programs were slated to be cut, they frantically started editing descriptions so that Borkert would at least know what those programs did.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Realizing I am not so different, I force myself to notice the pattern of moles on the human girl’s skin and the split ends of her blond hair and the roughness of her knees.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black