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.
• But that is a risk, not a certainty.
  — Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
• Serkis couldn’t say with any certainty, but this is a hope.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
• Of course, no one can say with certainty where gas prices will go next.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021
• They were aligned, just around the wrong certainty.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• So there was no certainty there.
  — CBS News, 10 May 2026
• But while there were more specifics, there was still not much certainty.
  — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
• These are the certainties of life.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• That certainty comes with trade-offs, though.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 June 2026
• There’s less certainty to the paths.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
• Fears turned to near certainty.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
• The quake is a certainty, but could be hundreds of years off.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 25 May 2025
• Chances are that the person is gone, but there is no certainty.
  — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2021
• So a 52-yard field-goal was far from a certainty.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
• Even the title track doesn’t surge with the same certainty as her old hits.
  — Grace Byron, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
• Some place where the days were days and the nights fell with thudding certainty.
  — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
• Gone was the certainty of a 4-0 start.
  — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• There’s no certainty that a deal will be reached, but the parties are close.
  — Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
• There's still no certainty around if or even when that would/could happen.
  — Jeff Marks,zev Fima, CNBC, 2 July 2025
• Ike, we’re told, likes certainty.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 May 2026
• The quiet certainty that this is the idea.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
• That certainty only grew on the drive home.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• And who doesn't, once in a while, need to be freed from the tyranny of certainty?
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
• Those that force you to slow down, to start over, and to question your certainties.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
• For some retirees, that certainty is worth it.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
• Either way, there’s still a chance for certainty.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
• The Supreme Court is the last chance for certainty in this case.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026