How to Use sure thing in a Sentence

sure thing

noun

• Now, Carter’s stock at the top of the draft is not so much a sure thing.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
• That had seemed like a sure thing before the 1984 Olympic Games.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2021
• Younghoe Koo is the closest thing to a sure thing in this game.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2021
• The only sure thing was that there would be a next time.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• The only sure things in this draft, scouts said, are the top three picks.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
• Still, Luttman says, the crowd-funding bet wasn’t a sure thing.
  — Elva Ramirez, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• The only sure thing is that the iPhone 14 series comes this fall.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
• But the plan still faces a long approval process and is still far from a sure thing.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2022
• What is more of a sure thing is that this roster is set.
  — Joel Rush, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• Sunday’s win was no sure thing, and that has nothing to do with the race.
  — oregonlive, 24 July 2022
• In the Game of Thrones universe, death and violence are a sure thing.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Oct. 2022
• But as well as that bet worked out for the Goodman with Falls, Booth is much more of a sure thing.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2022
• Amid all the uncertainty, there is one sure thing: The man wants to play.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2021
• Plain Dealer said the race was far from a sure thing for anyone.
  — cleveland, 20 May 2022
• In a sport that revels in the unpredictable, the Atlanta Braves were once a sure thing.
  — New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• Getting Ryan was no sure thing when the Colts moved on from Carson Wentz.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2022
• That’s because Chubb is the only sure thing for the Browns at running back right now.
  — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2023
• Live shrimp is the sure thing offering, fished on light wire #1 to 1/0 live bait hooks in the last joint of the tail or under the horn on the head.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 8 Dec. 2021
• With a lucky bounce, a team and its fans should be able to expect to pencil in a sure thing for at least a decade.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 21 June 2021
• Jason Sanders coming on the field is a sure thing anymore.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• But landing the proposal in front of voters in 2022 isn’t a sure thing.
  — Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Brooksby is no sure thing, but his section of the draw is not daunting.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
• The Golden State Warriors traded hope for a sure thing.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2023
• At the end of the day, there is no sure thing in a clinical trial from a patient’s point of view.
  — Erica Goode, STAT, 17 Apr. 2023
• On the flip side, a bettor could wager $5+ on a favorite to win, which could be closer to a sure thing.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 27 July 2022
• There is one sure thing at the U.S. Olympic trials for gymnastics.
  — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
• Over the past three years, hard seltzer has been as close to a sure thing as anything else in American life.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022
• And even the infrastructure plan's passage is not a sure thing.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 27 June 2021
• That could set the stage for storms during the peak heating of the day -- although storms are not a sure thing, the weather service said.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 28 Feb. 2023
• Chances for rain will be highest on Tuesday and Wednesday but rain is not a sure thing.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024