Sentence examples for is not altogether certain from inspiring English sources

What we can say for sure is that the poem is dedicated and addressed to a Roman aristocrat named Memmius, although it is not altogether certain which member of the Memmius family this was.

"We're not altogether certain of why they're doing it," said Proffitt.

While it is a pleasure to see an article freshly assessing the music of Bernard Herrmann, I am not altogether certain what the writer, David Mermelstein, is actually saying about him ["Bernard Herrmann: More to This Composer Than Meets the Eye," Feb. 12].

It's not altogether certain what made "Suicide" so different from Buchanan's other work.

Just a few days before a lavish multimedia press junket for "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," one of the film's stars, Alan Rickman, wasn't altogether certain that all the hoopla was really necessary.

This generalization is not altogether valid, because certain species of shrews and moles occasionally reside near or within human habitation and may be brought into homes by domestic cats.

That is not altogether surprising.

This is not altogether irrational.

That is not altogether true.

This is not altogether new.

And yet that is not altogether true.