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realidad; realignment; realisable; realisation; realise; realises; realising; realism; realist; realistic
  1. With the force of the imagination and the heart He realised how, in the approaching siege, the heaviest end of the misery would fall on the female portion of the population, and how the mothers would be wounded through their children.

  2. Jean realised that it was a French keeper.

  3. She only then realised that he had not answered her.

  4. By the despairing violence of his kiss, Lucienne realised it was indeed farewell.

  5. He thought of the poet who had gone to the place of departed spirits, and realised his awful isolation.

  6. The life she had lightly esteemed was inestimably dear, as she realised what eternity was; and her heart was still with fear at the thought of the uncertain tenure by which she held it.

  7. Astonishment had chained Ida's limbs and tongue after she realised that she was awake.

  8. She had quite realised the duties of life, had had her little romance,--and had acknowledged that it was foolish.

  9. There is something in that, Silverbridge, which makes me think that you have not realised the difference between private and public life.

  10. She had realised on my first return that I was her husband, but had determined to find out if I loved her.

  11. After three and a half years of hard and bitter struggles on the goldfields, at last I struck it rich, realised twenty thousand pounds, and a fortnight later I took my passage for England.

  12. He had realised the feebleness of human strength, even for man to rely on, much more if it stand in opposition to God.

  13. He of all men realised to the full the length, and breadth, and depth, and height of the love of God, and spake in his letters of much which passeth knowledge.

  14. The sale of this animal realised the handsome sum of 1,000 guineas.

  15. Indeed, the prices lately realised by Lincoln sheep are extremely high.

  16. If his mind had been a little more sensitive, Lord Durwent would have realised that he was asking a hurricane to be satisfied with the task of a zephyr.

  17. Living as he did in a sort of ecstasy by reason of his suddenly realised world-citizenship, Selwyn's incipient feeling of godlikeness developed still further under the spell of isolation.

  18. He realised the hopelessness of it all, but the admission was like tearing out a thread which had been woven into the whole scheme of his being.

  19. Lost: One Star We were on our way to the front line trenches one wet and dreary night when our subaltern realised that we were lost.

  20. The Boy remembered that he had heard, some time ago, the bells of the returning cows; and he realised that it might not be well to give his adversary the advantage of the dark.

  21. As he staggered to his feet he realised his folly, and turned to withdraw,--not in terror, but in acknowledgment of superior strength.

  22. The Boy realised that he had presumed too far upon the efficacy of stillness, and that the lynxes, at this close range, had detected him.

  23. Then he realised what had happened, and cursed his clumsiness.

  24. Not until they had put good miles between themselves and strange-smelling newcomers did the old moose call a halt; and from all this precaution the king realised that the mysterious strangers were something to be avoided by moose.

  25. Through the thin veil of the hemlock twigs, he saw the body of the animal, gathered for the spring, and realised with a pang that the long expected had not arrived in just the form he would have chosen.

  26. He turned red as the sunset, swore in his turn, then realised that no less a personage than Jonah Cramphorn had been witness to his folly.

  27. Though he felt no flicker of fear, Jonah realised the value of this counsel.

  28. At sudden cry from a brute in pain above him, Myles climbed Watern, realised the sheep's sad plight, and immediately essayed to throw it down, that its miseries might be ended.

  29. Then he had honestly affirmed to Honor that in his judgment Stapledon was in love with her and scarcely realised his position.

  30. He had started without more purpose than that of a hare at first death-knell from hounds, and now, too late, he realised that by heading directly for the open Moor, his enemy must get the opportunity he needed to make a capture.

  31. He stood two inches shorter than Sally Cramphorn, and he realised that in her present formidable mood the part he had planned might prove difficult to play.

  32. Margery took the word of Mr. Ash to herself, and realised that if her loved one was really waiting to get a hint of Jonah Cramphorn's intentions, her own course must be modified.

  33. For a moment he opened his mouth to argue the point she raised, then realised the danger and futility.

  34. She suddenly realised that Mr. Collins was a man, a big one, a strong one, and an earnest one.

  35. She was in no haste to marry, but importunate that the world might learn of her good fortune; and finally, after a decided difference or two upon the question, Gregory realised that definite steps must be taken, and at once.

  36. He was not a fool, and perfectly realised what is due from any man to the woman who suffers him henceforth to become first factor in her destiny.

  37. Above all, he realised the importance of setting appropriate speeches in the mouths of his characters; and, permitting his heroes to speak for themselves, he imparted to his work an irresistible air of reality and good faith.

  38. It was only in my cell I realised that I had seen Jack Rann for the last time; that his pea-green coat would prove a final and ineffaceable memory.

  39. She had not lived in New York without hearing its argot, and she realised that the exclamation which had appeared delirium to Mrs. Buttle had probably indicated that the unexplainableness of the situation in which G.

  40. Day by day it had increased and gathered power, and she realised with a certain sense of impatience that she had not in any degree understood it when she had seen and wondered at its effect on other women.

  41. She turned and fled because she realised that she should burst out crying if she waited to hear another word, and she realised that of late she seemed always to be bursting out crying before one or the other of those two.

  42. Sir Nigel had not realised that an American child was an absolute factor to be counted with, and a "youngster" who entered the drawing-room when she chose and joined fearlessly in adult conversation was an element he considered annoying.

  43. He realised that his outlook upon the unusual situation was being illuminated by an intelligence at once brilliant and fine, while it was also full of nice shading.

  44. There were certainly few young ladies who would have clearly realised that a solicitor cannot be called upon to commit himself, until he has had time to weigh matters and decide upon them.

  45. I shall not think that," she answered, slowly, because she realised that it was well that she had been warned in time.

  46. But for the devil in the blue between her lashes, he realised that he should have broken loose long ago.

  47. Once or twice as he realised what the disinterestedness of his sentiments was supposed to be, a short laugh broke from him which was rather like the snort of the Bishopess.

  48. This was because she realised that Nigel himself was listening.

  49. He knew it because he realised that he had never before felt the same vigorous, light normality of spirit, the same sense of being as other men.

  50. She did not add that she realised that she was coming to headquarters.

  51. Men, who had been in danger of losing their heads and becoming as uncontrolled as the women, suddenly realised the fact and pulled themselves together.

  52. On the 9th of November, Kennedy realised that struggling on with the whole of his party meant death by starvation to all, so he determined to push ahead with three men and the black boy to Port Albany, and send back relief by water.

  53. This then was Sturt's prison, although at first he had not realised that in spite of every precaution, his retreat was cut off until the next rainfall.

  54. For the first time he realised another side of village life.

  55. He remembered that he had never seen a printed copy of the political pamphlet written in the ravine and realised that Jake had used it to make money for himself.

  56. Sam, looking down at him and studying the eyes and the colour in the cheeks, realised with a start that he had not for years seen the face of his father.

  57. With a shudder he realised that Mike also would go into the pit, for he had heard Mike laughing at churches and declaring there was no God.

  58. With a rush he realised how consistently he had been thinking of her and how enormously he had been counting on her falling in with his plans, and the realisation was followed by a sickening moment of fear.

  59. Those were very trying days for the supply and transport departments, and one wonders whether the civilian population ever realised the extent of the humanitarian efforts of our Army staff.

  60. If he had realised the nature and scope of our preparations he would have done something to counteract them and to deny us that element of surprise which exerted so great an influence on the course of the battle.

  61. The Turk had staked and lost, and he spent the night in making new dispositions to meet what he must have realised was being prepared for him on the following day.

  62. Lessing's maxim, "From the eyes straight to the arm and the brush," has been realised here for the first time in Germany.

  63. As Hans Thoma in later years continued the work of the great Frankfort master in the province of fairy-tale, Wilhelm Leibl realised Mueller's realistic programme.

  64. Our fallen democracy realised from that moment that she could not do worse than the worst autocracies.

  65. But, aside from its action on public affairs, the journal of Zo d'Axa realised an incontestable intellectual effort; and it is for the beauty of this effort that it pleases me to invoke it.

  66. It is little realised what an important part the earth plays in the carrying of wireless messages.

  67. She laughed at him, naturally at first, but with a note of self-consciousness following swiftly, as she realised the significance of his words.

  68. He entered a little abstractedly, and it was not until he had closed the door behind him that he realised the presence of another person in the room.

  69. She realised in those few moments how completely he filled her thoughts.

  70. When he did so, she realised that there was a new gravity in his face and in his tone.

  71. I have realised how splendidly Labour has emancipated itself there compared to its slow progress in this country.

  72. So the camp-marshal realised suddenly that it was time to ring down the curtain on this drama.

  73. Such a possibility Hal had himself realised at the outset.

  74. But after what seemed an interminable period, he realised that Apostolikas had risen again, and was stepping back to his place.

  75. He soon made the discovery that the "colic" of his predecessor had been caused by a mule's hind foot in the stomach; and he realised that he must not let his mind wander for an instant, if he were to avoid this dangerous disease.

  76. Since that day when he had first discovered her, a wild rose of the mining-camp taking in the family wash, he had realised that she was no pretty young working-girl, but a woman with a mind and a personality.

  77. He took out his wallet, and pulled off several bills; and Hal, watching him, realised suddenly a change which had taken place in his own psychology.

  78. She realised that he had brought her here to educate her; like all the rest of the world, she resented forcible education, and she was not without hope that she might turn the tables and educate Hal.

  79. There was still a rain of lighter debris pattering down over the village; as they stared, and got their wits about them, remembering how things had looked before this, they realised that the shaft-house of Number One had disappeared.

  80. Hal realised that he could not be too quick about getting those bills out of his pocket.

  81. Hal realised it must have happened while he was escaping from MacKellar's.

  82. For the first time he realised how deeply these experiences were cutting into the boy's soul.

  83. Hal realised in a moment that the girl had ground of complaint against him.

  84. But before they had started down these stairs, they realised that the crashing had ceased.

  85. He realised that Edward would not be concerned about Edstrom's broken arm.

  86. He realised that Mary had been deliberately avoiding him.

  87. All its constituent features, except two, are vividly realised in intimate friendship, and above all, in that unique bond between mother and son which with some of us is the most wonderful thing in our lives.

  88. The unity of darkness contains a multiple, a mysterious plurality--visible in matter, realised in thought.

  89. This couple, Sieur and Dame Clubin, had realised in Torteval the ideal of the English epithet "respectable.

  90. It was never even conservative; for before it was even created wise men had realised that it could not be conserved.

  91. Men realised that the old mystical doctrines were mystical; they do not realise that the new metaphors are metaphorical.

  92. In justice to the American Prohibitionists it must be realised that they were not doing quite such desecration; and that many of them felt the saloon a specially poisonous sort of place.

  93. What is less fully realised is that this is true even as between different methods of science.

  94. The English have not in the least realised the real strength of America.


  95. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "realised" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.