Sentence examples for certain sign from inspiring English sources

'certain sign' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to any indicator of something that has been or is about to happen. For example: "The sudden drop in temperature was a certain sign that winter had arrived."

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He was looking for instances in which a certain sign "caused" an increased risk of a particular ailment.

In each case, the monkey that was bitten soon disappeared — an almost certain sign that it had died.

A certain sign that this matter is being handled differently is the absence of the bark of Mr. Carville.

The appearance of flower venders, with their brilliantly hued horse-drawn wagons of blooms, was once a certain sign that another city spring was at hand.

The princess herself is a dark-haired stunner who makes the prince drop his teacup (a certain sign of true love).

EXPERIENCED rail travelers recognize it is an almost certain sign of delay when fellow passengers abandon the train and strike off into the surrounding mountains on foot.

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Certain signs begin to show.

"They scan the pool, look for certain signs".

"There were certain signs that something was just not right".

There have to be certain signs that things are not the way they used to be".

Whether this role rewards or induces grandiosity, Pinsky does show certain signs of it.

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