Adjective
a sure-enough ghost town that is a relic of the gold rush days
the inventor showed that he did have a sure-enough death ray
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Adjective
But a scattering of anglers is convinced that flavoring bait with tobacco is a sure-enough killer.—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Adverb
Well, sure enough, Monday night's game between the Athletics and Brewers, even though the stadium has larger dimensions than an average Major League Baseball ballpark, led to one of the wildest outcomes of this season.—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 And sure enough, last month the administration declassified hundreds of such files, including military incident reports, photos, videos, intelligence files, astronaut mission material, and historical sightings dating back to the 1940s.—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sure-enough