Sentence examples for i realized once from inspiring English sources

To the Editor: While reading "Spas: Tuneups for Mind and Body" (Dec. 31), I realized once again that what goes around, comes around.

When the verdict came down, convicting two football players of raping an unconscious 16-year-old girl, I realized once again, from reports on TV and comments online, that most people tend to do what I did for decades: numb ourselves to the effects of rape.

I realized once I committed to it that it was going to be a tall order.

I realized once again the potential of random acts of kindness from complete strangers.

I realized once we got in the vehicle, and the doors closed, I was now officially a grown-up.

One thing I realized once I found myself alone is that I didn't even know me anymore.

I realize once again just how difficult it is for these people to see me as other than a dangerous minority to be held at arm's length.

I realize once again how lucky we are to live within walking distance of a pond that features both good swimming and excellent boating, and a general store where the owners not only know our names but also extend credit.

Ordinarily we understand each other, but when it comes to this time of year and he begins to rhapsodize about the alliums, the scabiosa and the cleome, I realize once again that we speak in different tongues.

While there I also realized, once again, that a third of the world's poor still live in India because the elite English language media was outraged by new reports (some of the Hindi media did mention it in passing).

I think people realized once I got invited to speak at the C.I.A. that there was no kind of hiding.