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.
• Those figures are likely to worsen with more Fed rate increases a near certainty.
  — Matt Ott, Chron, 16 June 2022
• The legal standard is something called reasonable certainty of no harm.
  — Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
• One happy certainty: There are a wealth of talented, smart, personable, wildly creative chefs.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• Those figures are likely to worsen with more Fed rate increases a near certainty and layoffs in the housing sector have already begun.
  — Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022
• The Times was estimating a Trump win in Georgia with 82 percent certainty.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• The certainty of the data is why our reports focus on the production costs of movies rather than their marketing costs or merchandise and home entertainment revenues.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Their membership, held up for now by objections from Turkey, likely won’t be resolved over the two days of meetings but is considered an eventual certainty.
  — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2022
• The one certainty with such a move is that Heat assuredly would not be playing the same switch-everything defense as with P.J. Tucker.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022
• Having deep historical knowledge of how counties and states have voted in the past will also help provide certainty in the rare case of an abnormality, Tranter said.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
• Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• The Avs talk in certainties about Nichushkin, about his game.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2024
• The first is a desire to know the truth and have clarity and certainty.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• The certainty that Ramadan would end, and so would the hunger, made the days easier.
  — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• While not a certainty, the strong players are looking good to achieve this goal.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Heading into the draft, there was no certainty beyond the No. 1 pick and even that wasn’t a lock.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2023
• There was never a doubt in my mind—still isn’t—and in some ways this certainty unnerved me.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• There's more certainty that those will come in the late afternoon and evening.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2024
• One certainty Smith has is that these young women will face pain and loss.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Nov. 2022
• He is considered the likely top pick in the 2023 NBA draft and is a near-certainty to be the first top-five draft pick from France.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• Yet the emotion — the certainty of losses past and still to come — felt powerful and new.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• This is one of the few things anyone can say with any certainty about the Adams mayoralty.
  — Curbed, 22 Aug. 2022
• There is no certainty Bronny will make the NBA, let alone be a star, let alone be what his father is.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
• But that’s far closer to being a hope than a certainty.
  — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• Making that work with a new contract is not a certainty, but the groundwork for it will start this week.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
• But Jones’ return to the Patriots this time around might not be a certainty.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 27 Feb. 2023
• Though the goal is adding two teams by next year, Hefford and Scheer would not commit to that being a certainty.
  — John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024