Collocations for realize - verb

fully | dimly
She dimly realized that she was trembling.

suddenly | quickly, soon | now | for the first time
I realized for the first time how difficult this would be.

at first
The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized.

at last, belatedly, eventually, finally | never
I never realized how much it meant to you.

begin to, come to | make sb
The experience made me realize that people did care.

seem to
You don''t seem to realize the seriousness of the situation.

fail to | be important to

without realizing (sth)
We are constantly using historic buildings, without even realizing it.