Example Sentences

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“We stayed together because people were recognizing and really were believing that we could make a difference.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

“A snail will crawl up a 12-foot wall to find its mate,” he says admiringly, as if he were recognizing a kindred romantic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

They don’t display the types of behaviors that we would expect if they were recognizing themselves.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2021

Finally, audiences were recognizing what the dancers had known all along: that flexing is an art form of true narrative potency.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

"Charlie," he said, as if he were recognizing Mr. Brady for the first time at this critical moment, and deriving pleasure from it.

From The Wishing Moon by Dutton, Louise Elizabeth