How to Use memorize in a Sentence

memorize

verb
Definition of memorizenext
Synonyms for memorizenext
  • This is it: memorize their breath and the stretch of your limbs and their sweat on your breastbone.
    — Ella Dawson, Longreads, 18 May 2020
  • Many plan out their outfits and memorize their schedules for the day.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • So before hitting the road, memorize these four steps for a tension-free trip to the toilet.
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Honestly, everyone needs to memorize this five-minute-long speech.
    — Glamour, 5 June 2020
  • And yet each one has made extraordinary efforts to clean up their share—and then some. Read on and memorize their names.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 1 July 2020
  • Biden erred in trying to memorize all the points instead of leading from his head and heart with the truth and honest information.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Summer walkthroughs showed a team not just doing what the coaches asked them and trying to memorize their checks, but asking questions about ways to build on the defense.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2020
  • While memorizing a seating chart in a church that can fit 800 people isn’t likely, Zurek knows what matters.
    — Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Cooking to the tune of a recipe has forced me to focus more on the immediate and the minute—peeling each carota and memorizing each new verb—and less on the end result.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 May 2020
  • Frank is actually quite good at his job, staying up late to memorize each student’s interests, suffering through a book club where students’ moms hit on him.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The other trick is to memorize the turret setting (number) and dial a complete rotation past it, then come back, then dial the correction.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The vacuum cleaner memorizes your home’s layout to avoid obstacles and efficiently clean.
    — Christie Calucchia, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2020
  • At this point, Mitchell has local grocery stores at least partly memorized, allowing him to put an item into his cart every 70 seconds on average.
    — USA Today, 20 May 2020
  • For Levi, he was inspired to memorize the song lyrics and start off the year right.
    — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Go ahead and re-read this line three times to memorize it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
  • So memorize his face now, and get ready to hear lots more about him.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Of being able to glance at a room and memorize all the details.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • To work the bar in these moments was its own game of skill: scan the front row of faces, memorize an order, tune out the jeers from the back.
    — Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
  • It’s one of those numbers — 4,256 — that kids used to memorize.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The poem does not need to be memorized and should be five minutes or less.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • The code to open the safe is underwater, so every agent has to dive down and memorize a part of the code.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • When the twins were in fourth grade their homework each week was to memorize a new poem.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Players had to memorize and place 12 names of the plaza's scultures and statues on a board map.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The goal is to teach them to do more than simply memorize the types of questions and problems that appear on the test.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Most of us memorized basic math facts like 5+6=11 in grade school.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The first game is the glass bridge, which requires contestants to memorize what tiles light up.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And her template is easy enough to memorize: a block of cream cheese and a pint of heavy cream, plus a few usual suspects to taste.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2023
  • The point isn’t to memorize the words but to allow the content to enter your subconscious.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • In the meantime, perhaps memorize a few summer quotes to keep you calm.
    — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 28 July 2022
  • Brooke recounts how fellow writer Charlie seemed to resent her success; Chris, on the other hand, goes out of his way to find her writing, and even memorizes her best bits by heart.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024

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