dawning recognition

Examples (10)

• He looked at the old photograph, and a dawning recognition crossed his face.
• As she spoke, I felt a dawning recognition of who she must be.
• A look of dawning recognition appeared in her eyes as she finally remembered him.
• The dawning recognition that he had been tricked was slow and painful.
• There was a moment of dawning recognition before he shouted her name in surprise.
• The dawning recognition of the problem led to a change in policy.
• She watched the film with a sense of dawning recognition, realizing it was based on her own life story.
• Perhaps there will be a dawning recognition of the environmental damage we are causing.
• He stared at the familiar handwriting, a feeling of dawning recognition growing within him.
• Walking through the old town, a dawning recognition of its beauty slowly filled his mind.