The full realization of what was happening finally hit him.

That realization hit the Giants when they learned of the move.

The realization that he was talking to a dead man must have hit him all over again.

I shifted my attention back to Sugar and realization suddenly hit me.

He shot to his feet suddenly as the realization hit him.

The realization that this wasn't the case hit me when I became a mom.

And then he stopped, shut up, as the realization hit him.

One look at his face as he came back down to earth and she knew that the same realization had just hit him.

I had already put the photo aside when the realization hit me.

He started up, then froze as another realization hit him.