Sentence examples for was certainly used from inspiring English sources

He said: "Pyrite was certainly used by the Teotihuacanos and other ancient Mesoamerican societies.

But even if the category did not exist, the phrase was certainly used.

During Walpole's period of dominance it was certainly used more frequently, but it did not become an official title until the early 20th century.

It was certainly used as a monochrome in early Ming times and possibly even earlier, and is the direct ancestor of the showy flambé glazes (yao bian) of the Qianlong period that are often vividly streaked with unreduced copper blue.

He is certainly used to the pressure.

So I'm certainly used to playing in bad weather.

"I'm a scientist myself, retired from Pfizer," he said, "and I'm certainly used to doing experiments where you have a control and an experimental.

"I wouldn't say South Carolinians invented hardball politics, but they're certainly used to them," said Blease Graham, a political scientist at the University of South Carolina.

Although one member of the panel said that the presence of cameras has been mildly inhibiting, the judges are certainly used to them.

Fans of the Mets, who have not seen their team in the playoffs since 2006, are certainly used to it at this point.

The precise uses of the narrative carvings have not yet been determined, but it appears that they are certainly used in ritual ceremonies for deceased persons of notoriety and social position and probably also in initiation rites of young men.