How to Use certainty in a Sentence

certainty

noun

• There was no certainty that the package would arrive in time.
• Scientists still do not know with any degree of certainty why the disease spread so quickly.
• We cannot predict the outcome with absolute certainty.
• Her certainty about these complex moral issues is surprising.
• Since the village was bombed, residents say all certainty has been lost.
  — Byreuters, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2022
• But even heading into draft night, nothing was a certainty.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2022
• That certainty strikes me as an easy decision to execute.
  — Derek Rucker, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• Rain is a near certainty Monday night and there remain chances of thunderstorms, and temps will dip to the mid-40s.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
• More than a month ago, French President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection seemed a certainty.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• Third, the decision highlights he way in which Loper Bright promotes beneficial legal certainty and the rule of law.
  — Alden Abbott, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
• Yes, divorce is a certainty, given the flash-forward to Kate's wedding to her music-school boss, Philip (Chris Geere).
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• Elon’s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
• Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• The Avs talk in certainties about Nichushkin, about his game.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2024
• The fastest way to make the backlash a certainty is to overreach.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• The first is a desire to know the truth and have clarity and certainty.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• The certainty that Ramadan would end, and so would the hunger, made the days easier.
  — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• While not a certainty, the strong players are looking good to achieve this goal.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Heading into the draft, there was no certainty beyond the No. 1 pick and even that wasn’t a lock.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 28 Apr. 2023
• There was never a doubt in my mind—still isn’t—and in some ways this certainty unnerved me.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• There's more certainty that those will come in the late afternoon and evening.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2024
• One certainty Smith has is that these young women will face pain and loss.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Nov. 2022
• He is considered the likely top pick in the 2023 NBA draft and is a near-certainty to be the first top-five draft pick from France.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• Yet the emotion — the certainty of losses past and still to come — felt powerful and new.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• This is one of the few things anyone can say with any certainty about the Adams mayoralty.
  — Curbed, 22 Aug. 2022
• There is no certainty Bronny will make the NBA, let alone be a star, let alone be what his father is.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
• But that’s far closer to being a hope than a certainty.
  — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• Making that work with a new contract is not a certainty, but the groundwork for it will start this week.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
• To me, that line reveals that for all her insistence, all her certainty about this relationship, some of it is perhaps all in her head.
  — Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
• Turner is a better on-court fit around Tyrese Haliburton than Poeltl, and giving up picks for the extra bit of certainty is unlikely.
  — Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025