At the realization she felt a ridiculous kind of warm glow.
Her heart sank at the realization that her man didn't have a chance.
He cursed at the realization that the bottle was empty.
The loops eventually stopped at the realization that before it could be asked "Where did he go?"
Then it struck him, and he nearly cursed aloud at the realization.
He felt strange-perhaps at the realization of what she was telling him.
"It's all right," he said, recognizing her fear at the realization of time and the empty room.
Margaret frowned at the realization knowing how wrong and dangerous it was.
Each of the four is shaken at the realization of how life has changed them.
She was too upset at the realization to cry, although that might come later.