How to Use to be sure in a Sentence

to be sure

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• Ships likewise were made to anchor off the coast for 30 days to be sure the crew and their goods were not infected.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
• And, to be sure, Micron, Sandisk, and Dell are still way higher year to date.
  — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
• The footprint is compact for a four-bay model, to be sure; most such designs are lying-down shoeboxes.
  — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
• Contreras, to be sure, didn’t cover himself in glory during all this, either.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• There are longtime, native Black American families here, to be sure.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Zettle wanted to be sure the black vultures in the sky would be able to see the one hanging in the tree, and so Willmore used a chainsaw to cut away some of the branches.
  — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
• But to be sure, for your readers and viewers, those cases are facially hard to reconcile beyond the court engaging in pure pragmatism.
  — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
• Flawed to be sure, but the document, mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, has inspired freedom movements the world over.
  — Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
• But meteorologists and heat experts want to be sure people take the warnings seriously because heat really can kill you.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 July 2026
• The widow had to apply to the IRS for a private ruling, which is an expensive and time-consuming process, to be sure of the tax results.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
• On the whole, the World Cup has brought several successes to the city (and several significant disappointments, to be sure).
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
• Rohmer is still very young, to be sure, maybe somewhat callow, but these highly discerning insights into conflicting emotions and human psychology will end up appearing in all of his films.
  — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
• There’s still too much uncertainty around the Middle East conflict to be sure the Qatar and Abu Dhabi races will happen in late November and early December, respectively.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 July 2026
• The pressure to excel has followed Raghozar beyond high school to her new playing grounds as an incoming freshman at Scripps College in Southern California, a prestigious school to be sure – but not on the radar at Cupertino High.
  — Kayla Lee, Mercury News, 7 July 2026