How to Use memorize in a Sentence

memorize

verb
  • So memorize his face now, and get ready to hear lots more about him.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The batter is easy to make and the recipe is a breeze to memorize.
    — Ileana Morales Valentine, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017
  • Of being able to glance at a room and memorize all the details.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • The poem does not need to be memorized and should be five minutes or less.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • There’s no need to memorize anything now.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But memorizing facts isn't the end goal.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Using a teleprompter is just not being able to memorize your lines.
    — Connor Whittum, Billboard, 11 June 2018
  • When the twins were in fourth grade their homework each week was to memorize a new poem.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Many plan out their outfits and memorize their schedules for the day.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The goal of her class isn’t to memorize the dance steps but to remember how to laugh.
    — Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2017
  • My goal was to read, write or memorize 28 poems in the month.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Are your prayers from your books, memorized over time, or inspired by the moment?
    — Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • For Levi, he was inspired to memorize the song lyrics and start off the year right.
    — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Most people should be able to memorize the icons quickly.
    — PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The team asked people to memorize locations on a graph while smelling the scent of rose.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • After a few visits, the hosts and servers will have your name and order memorized.
    — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
  • The pair have been prepping for months, memorizing lines.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Gray, 65, memorized the meal schedule here years ago.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the meantime, perhaps memorize a few summer quotes to keep you calm.
    — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 28 July 2022
  • In the meantime, perhaps memorize a few summer quotes to keep you calm.
    — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 28 July 2022
  • The first game is the glass bridge, which requires contestants to memorize what tiles light up.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • There is the play book with basic strategies that the players memorize.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The cast only have eight short weeks to memorize their lines and learn Lawrence’s blocking.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The future won’t belong to the people who memorized the most.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The children must memorize and repeat names, dates, and places of battle.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • New poems to memorize, to ingest, to hold, to float upon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • Most of us memorized basic math facts like 5+6=11 in grade school.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There’s my mom, who believes the recipe is law, to be read, memorized, and always within reach in the kitchen.
    — Lillian Li, Bon Appetit, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Gauss never claimed that his solution was easy to memorize.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Jobs had to memorize an exact sequence of touches and swipes for the demo or the phone would have crashed.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024

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