Sentence examples for realized the stakes from inspiring English sources

But lately I've realized the stakes are being raised.

SOUTH BEND, Ind .— Notre Dame officials realized the stakes were high when Manti Te'o, the football team's star linebacker, came to them Dec. 26 and revealed that he had been the victim of an elaborate hoax, that his girlfriend Lennay Kekua, who had died of leukemia in September, never existed.

"People have realized the stakes are so high," is how one Chinese strategist puts it.

Ms. Bills still seemed to realize the stakes.

The two parties' state chairmen, among the best in the country, realize the stakes, though their perspective is different.

And she realizes the stakes involved: if she can pull the European Union out of this mess, she is assured a place among the great leaders of Europe.

Activists on both the left and the right fear that the next president will be elected without voters ever realizing the stakes, particularly given the likely turnover in the Supreme Court.

Realizing the stakes, Ms. Sills and Mr. Rose said, it was important to them to wait until they had the master plan in hand so they could approach donors with something on paper or even three-dimensional.

"He realizes the stakes of the game," said Adm. James Loy, the former Coast Guard commandant who had served as a top deputy to former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, as well as Mr. Chertoff, before retiring in March.

But when Antonio gets the upper hand and demands Shylock convert to Christianity, we realize the stakes: Shylock threatens a life but Antonio threatens a soul.

I believe we can set the stage for a movement of resistance that may yet see this fight through - precisely because it realizes the stakes, and the sacrifices needed.