How to use "recognize" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "recognize" in popular movie and book plots

  • Spats and his gang from Chicago recognize Joe and Jerry as the witnesses to the Valentine's Day murders.  - Some Like It Hot
  • At a restaurant on the night of Matt's wedding reception to Mamie, Tom and Matt recognize Putty Nose and follow him home.  - The Public Enemy
  • Jerry decides to pick up Samantha and Leroy at the airport, where Leroy recognizes him, but Jerry doesn't recognize Leroy.  - The Mexican
  • Two lost hunters stumble upon the cottage and recognize the Monster.  - Bride of Frankenstein
  • The marionettes on stage recognize him in the audience and call out to him, angering the puppet master Mangiafuoco.  - The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • She finds him, but he is too drunk to recognize her.  - Wings (1927 film)
  • George's mother does not recognize him; she reveals that Uncle Billy was institutionalized after the collapse of the Building and Loan.  - It's a Wonderful Life
  • When his song plays, people begin to recognize him as a celebrity.  - Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
  • The woman issues what sounds to Oelph like commands, albeit in a language he does not recognize even partially.  - Inversions (novel)
  • Ravelli and the Professor run into Chandler on the staircase and recognize him as a fish peddler from Czechoslovakia.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • Mary Lou, now a young woman, visits Ziegfeld, who doesn't recognize her initially, and hires her as a dancer.  - The Great Ziegfeld
  • Having never seen Buttons without makeup, Brad doesn't recognize the man in the photo.  - The Greatest Show on Earth (film)
  • Lebowski wants the Dude to deliver a briefcase containing a million-dollar ransom and see if he can recognize the culprits.  - The Big Lebowski
  • The team recognize Usagi as the reincarnated Serenity and Mamoru as Endymion.  - Sailor Moon
  • Cinderella stays behind to protect the Baker's child and when her Prince passes by, he nearly fails to recognize her.  - Into the Woods
  • Both girls instantly recognize the other from the "dream" they both had when they were young.  - Carmilla

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