Look
Realize
Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- There's an awkward moment when they both look at their reflections and realize how similar they look
Source: Like Parent, Like Spouse -
Other times, you have to give the contributors credit...they really are just that good at getting people to look silly and say things they don't realize will make them look bad.
Source: Manipulative Editing -
The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City looks like he has one of these at first glance... then you get a closer look and realize it's the bottom half of a broken bottle that had been embedded around his eye during a barfight.
Source: High-Class Glass
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