He recognized an easy voice at the other end of the line.

The family did not recognize the name at the time, but it turned out to be significant.

He did not recognize the man at the head of the table who would chair the meeting.

His success as its chairman was recognized at national level.

He had realized one other fact he'd seen, but not recognized at the time.

Then the first signs of the change began, although I did not recognize them as such at the time.

He was an easy guy to recognize at a distance.

My son didn't recognize me at the airport when I went to meet him on his return from college.

Some he couldn't recognize at all, either in design or function.

Many people in the room knew one another, but few recognized the 90-year-old man at the table until he identified himself.