How to Use certainty in a Sentence

certainty

noun

• There was no certainty that the package would arrive in time.
• Scientists still do not know with any degree of certainty why the disease spread so quickly.
• We cannot predict the outcome with absolute certainty.
• Her certainty about these complex moral issues is surprising.
• Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• The certainty that Ramadan would end, and so would the hunger, made the days easier.
  — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• While not a certainty, the strong players are looking good to achieve this goal.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Heading into the draft, there was no certainty beyond the No. 1 pick and even that wasn’t a lock.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2023
• There was never a doubt in my mind—still isn’t—and in some ways this certainty unnerved me.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• Yet the emotion — the certainty of losses past and still to come — felt powerful and new.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• There is no certainty Bronny will make the NBA, let alone be a star, let alone be what his father is.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
• But Jones’ return to the Patriots this time around might not be a certainty.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 27 Feb. 2023
• Both seemed defined by the same certainty that the country had reached a sort of cultural precipice.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
• One certainty would seem to be that a loss in Green Bay would be devastating.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• His answer did not provide any certainty, as has been the case throughout the summer.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Experts say it’s too soon to know with certainty what the upcoming fire season has in store.
  — Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
• Peg is a role that Gilman wrote with Fisher in mind, and Fisher approaches it with a chilled certainty.
  — In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023
• At that point, there were ideas, but no certainty what would be in store for Inter Miami.
  — Sam Sklar, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• Render asks, a question that applies to most of life’s certainties.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• The truth is that nobody can tell you with any certainty which days a big buck is mostly likely to walk past your or anyone else’s stand.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
• Those living in tents outside of the hospital would pile waste in an area away from the tents with no certainty of when it might be removed.
  — Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2024
• And investor certainty that banks will prove to be profitable investments in the coming months has dropped.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• The only true certainty in the pandemic forecast is that the next threat will be here sooner than anyone would like.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2023
• No one can say with certainty at what position all three will line up on opening night.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
• The four-time Pro Bowl selection now appears to be a near certainty to depart in free agency.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• And so the same thing is true with health and wellness with charismatic leaders claiming their certainty.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023
• Beyond the near certainty of Bedard going first, there are several subplots to how the rest of the first round unfolds.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 June 2023
• Currently, the forecast for the weekend is cooler, but, Bonk said, that is too far out to forecast with much certainty.
  — oregonlive, 15 May 2023
• That Alcaraz and Djokovic will face each other in a semifinal on Friday is not a certainty.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• Jason Robertson scoring goals is all but a certainty at this point.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024