How to Use a certain in a Sentence

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• And such a schlub in a certain way.
  — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
• The show has to end at a certain point.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
• There's a certain idea of what wine is.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• Touch it, there’s a certain crisp.
  — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
• How many rocks have been thrown down a certain path?
  — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• There’s a certain school of thought that says no.
  — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
• A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point.
  — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• Each stop on the trail is worth a certain amount of points.
  — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
• At a certain point in her telling, Mahtab paused.
  — Azar Nafisi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
• Takes a certain type of player to play for me.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
• To tell you a story a certain way.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• Each has a certain amount of strength to pull an object.
  — Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• The restaurant may want a certain type of beet or radish.
  — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026
• The extreme right got a certain head start.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
• There is a certain method to this madness, of course.
  — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• And that does bring a certain amount of pressure.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
• There’s a certain rhythm to cleaning a home.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
• And yet there was a certain kinship.
  — Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
• Weirdly cozy in a certain way, no?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
• They were told to enter through a certain door that could be pulled open.
  — Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
• The script, at a certain point, gave us no choice but to pursue it.
  — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
• Winkler's own past is far from that — aside from a certain shark jump.
  — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
• There’s a certain name the neighbors use when her leg sticks out of place.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• At a certain point, the cost of living can price a movie out of an area.
  — Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026
• Both teams get to come to the rink with a certain amount of freedom, right?
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 24 June 2024
• And there’s even a certain canyon known to steal hearts and alter lives.
  — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• There’s a certain beauty to that.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
• Or just for a singer, who has a certain range or sings a certain kind of song.
  — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
• There’s a certain poignancy in that.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
• That, too, begs a certain allowance.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026