Sentence examples for if surely from inspiring English sources

"if surely" is not a correct or commonly used phrase in written English.
It is not grammatically correct and does not make sense as a standalone phrase. Instead, you can use "surely if," which means "if it is certain." An example sentence using "surely if" is: Surely if she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.

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As if! Surely "What will survive of us is love".

Harry, Jim and Jac had chosen to leave safe (if surely unrewarding?) lives here to join the Kurdish YPG, seeking freedom from terror.

The major candidates have avoided engaging one another, and the public has responded by paying little attention to what has seemed a predictable and unexciting, if surely consequential, contest to replace Mr. Giuliani.

Really, REALLY bad headlines: "LADY GAGA HITS ROCK BOTTOM" – not bad, if surely below anything even the lowliest tabloid would actually stoop to, above a picture of a person who has possibly plummeted to her death.

Now it seems as if surely 10 or 15 minute have passed, which is when it becomes clear what a leap of faith it takes to ride the subway.

The old Italians who like to gab with one another are in no hurry to push their goods, as if surely the lot will be taken off their hands before daybreak.

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That Thomas said "when" instead of "if" will surely inspire a wave of amateur psychoanalysis.

If so, surely protest is called for.

If anything, surely he's the least charismatic West Indian cricket superstar in memory.

And they may need them, if – when, surely, when – the peasants start revolting.

If so, surely he will realise that this is an exception?

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