How to Use surely in a Sentence

surely

adverb

• This is surely the best dessert you have ever made.
• He will surely be missed.
• Surely you must admit that it was a good decision.
• She answered quickly and surely.
• The first pitch was an 88-mph changeup away, off the plate, surely a ball.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• And her revival here in the States will surely renew it.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• The effects of the work stoppages will surely linger into next year.
  — J. Clara Chan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• The creation of Port is surely one of the happiest accidents in the world of wine.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023
• McAfee is new to the network, and surely giving his bosses a few headaches.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
• This 12-film project is surely going to give the audience a breath of fresh air.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Cobb helps round out the running back room as the youngest player and is one Williams can surely relate to.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023
• Though Niebla surely felt that, something stronger kept him on track.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• By paying those three guys, Moreno would have little left to build a team around them, and Ohtani surely knows it.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
• And, surely, that's reason enough for people to get a taste for themselves next year.
  — Kareema Bee, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• Pulpy yet precise, those red strokes merge form and hue as surely as any of Louis’s rivulets of poured color.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• But the rat itself was surely born here, in the Valley, begotten of that species of teenagers caroming through the malls in flocks and packs.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• Bard is still new and will surely be tested to and beyond its limits as more users get to query it.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2023
• But surely any officer in the King’s army would have been force-fed Virgil at school?
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• Then again, BlackRock, Vanguard, and many others surely at one point felt the same.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• Whether any of this stuff is worth using remains to be seen, but be ready to hear about AI gadgets for the rest of the year — and surely beyond.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• And surely the team hasn’t been around long enough to create the same levels of passion as those that came before them.
  — Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
• And so the country must brace itself for what will surely be described as the Trial of the Century.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Whether the show succeeds in avoiding that trap will surely be left for viewers to argue about for months or years to come.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
• La Maison may document a fictional brand, but the premise surely rings close to the truth.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 20 July 2023
• But the poll came at an awkward time for Scott, who surely hoped for a better reception at home.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
• And Nolan will surely be walking to the engraving station with this trophy in hand as well.
  — Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
• Were that to occur, the annual deficits would surely be even larger.
  — Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Even if Youngkin did enter the race, Murdoch surely knows that his odds of dethroning Trump would be slim.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 July 2023
• The Fed wasn’t at zero when Apple nearly went bankrupt in the late 1990s, but rates were surely falling.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• But surely, this was less special to Antonoff than the 15-minute speech Swift reportedly gave at the wedding.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024