Sentence examples for certain from inspiring English sources
certain
Sure, positive, not doubting.
- I was certain of my decision.
The word "certain" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe something that is definite or sure, something that is beyond doubt or is known to be true. For example: "He was certain that he had heard the sound of an animal in the night".
But Greek voters are equally certain that it's unfair for them to suffer years of slim government budgets and high unemployment in order to repay foreign banks and richer northern neighbors, which have reaped outsized benefits from closer European integration.
But one thing is certain.
One thing is certain.
Of course, this is exactly the way the tax code works now: tax rates rise at certain income thresholds, meaning that when you get to a certain income level, the government takes more of every dollar you earn.
In many cases, it'll balance the bets it makes on both sides of the trade, so that it's exposed to no risk and it collects the certain profit from the spread.
He admitted that when the virus first struck "there was probably a lack of knowledge and there was a certain degree of arrogance", but he said he believed lessons were being learned.
This is the notion that openness is a certain good, and that "free" is automatically aligned with "freedom" – a faith that's hard to maintain in the light of the consequences of putting so much of our identities into the hands of third (and fourth, and fifth) parties.
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