Then a full realization of what he had allowed to happen struck him.

And even when the realization struck, he did not see the fish clearly.

Now, at the age of 25, another realization has struck him.

A similar realization strikes most of the people in these stories.

The realization had suddenly struck him, but by then it was too late.

Then the full realization of his father's fate struck him.

The realization suddenly struck me like a fist between the eyes.

Now the realization struck him that the rules he had always played by didn't exist.

The realisation struck me that we must be some way out of town.

Finally the realization struck her that there is no house free from mortality.