sure-enough
real; genuine.
Origin of sure-enough
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How to use sure-enough in a sentence
And sure enough, before long, immigration activists in North Carolina were picketing Hagan at campaign events.
Latinos Aren’t a ‘Cheap Date’ for Democrats Anymore | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd sure enough, consumer prices in Russia are now rising at a 6.9 percent annual rate.
Flex Muscle Spending Has Left Putin’s Russia in an Economic Freeze Frame | Daniel Gross | April 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd sure enough, a recent headline on Business Insider declared “This Tiny Berry Is Being Called The Next Superfruit.”
But sure enough, when the crucial moment came, Mom shot right up and introduced herself, saying what she did.
What That RNC Aide’s Equal Pay Blunder on MSNBC Says About Her Party | Michael Tomasky | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSure enough, what happens when a hot guy tries too hard happened: I lost interest.
Can a Jew Get Down With Hot Jesus from 'Son of God?' | Sara Lieberman | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways | James SullySo when the bunch got out quite a ways, I quits the camp an' swings round in a wide circle—an' sure enough they'd left their mark.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt'll be a sure enough smoky one, too, with this mixture uh dry grass an' the new growth springin' up.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair“Your taste in music is mighty poor, sure enough, Burd,” commented Darry.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseRichard shook his head, not quite satisfied, but not sure enough that he entered into her meaning to question it.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
Other Idioms and Phrases with sure-enough
Actually, as one might have thought, as in Sure enough, the plane was three hours late. [Mid-1500s]
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