How to Use a sure thing in a Sentence

a sure thing

noun

• Pool was to open this summer That the pool would be open by now seemed a sure thing last June.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
• Getting those kinds of returns in the future isn’t a sure thing.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• Even getting into the World Cup, as the three islands did, is not a sure thing.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• As a first-time offender, jail time isn’t a sure thing.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
• Still not a sure thing, with better odds of more consistent rain to the east and northeast.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• But what seems like a sure thing quickly spirals out of control.
  — Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
• If cash transfers represent such a sure thing, then why has no one tried them?
  — Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
• Image In a world full of grave uncertainty, here was a sure thing.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024
• An effective ban — which, again, is not a sure thing even if the bill becomes law — would mean at least three things for content creators.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Any deal that includes the potential for more money based on subscriptions is not a sure thing.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• That Vineyard Wind 1 would be constructed at all has not always been a sure thing either.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• Mars’ clash with Neptune makes speculation seem like a sure thing.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
• Only one closer — left-hander Josh Hader — seems a sure thing.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• But repealing the near-total ban on abortions isn't a sure thing, even with newfound GOP support.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• Both races are in states that tend to send Democrats to Washington, although in this environment nothing is a sure thing.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 July 2024
• But that does not mean Biden’s industrial strategy is a sure thing.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 26 May 2024
• Biden looking like less than a sure thing against Trump has been a persistent source of unease among Democrats and liberal pundits.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
• And even with all those variables lined up, rapid intensification isn’t a sure thing.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
• That has eased pressure on the Fed to keep raising rates, leading some forecasters to question whether a recession is such a sure thing after all.
  — Ben Casselman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Chance is always in place, but prosperity is anything except a sure thing.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Compared to the involved sorcery of developing players over time, Lillard is a sure thing.
  — Dave Hyde South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), Arkansas Online, 4 July 2023
• But longtime Red Lobster food experts and observers of Americana say the company's future is not a sure thing.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
• Henderson was regarded as a sure thing by most draft experts, a first-overall talent cursed to run up against a game-breaking phenom.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• But this was still a relatively brief, mostly comedic performance, which is never a sure thing with the Academy.
  — Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
• Snell, too, is far from a sure thing, considering he’s only exceeded 130 innings twice in his career.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Maui’s comeback felt like a sure thing as people weary of public health restrictions flocked to vacation destinations across the globe.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Put your energy into a sure thing and promise only what’s feasible.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Voter approval of borrowing is never a sure thing, even in a presidential election when turnout is high and the electorate skews more progressive.
  — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024
• That seems like a sure thing, with futures markets pricing in a probability of 100% of that happening in September.
  — Andrew Graham, Founder and Managing Partner Of Jackson Square Capital, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
• But tips aren’t a sure thing unless they’re automatically tacked onto a customer’s bill.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024