dawned

"It suddenly dawned on me - it was a shooting."

“He was just telling us more about the trip, and he gave all these details, and it kind of dawned on us that this is going to be a really once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

However, back in the shop, amid the mesmeric hum of sanders and drum fans, a thought dawned on him: “What would have happened to all the knowledge if I had died?”

It dawned on Elliott early on that Scott could see the relationship colors played to viewers onscreen and to readers on paper.

Paltrow joked that the age difference between her and Chalamet only really dawned on her when they were filming the sex scenes.