Example Sentences

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Both of them remember a collaborator who made up for his inexperience with a calm sense of sureness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He had a string of one-liners down pat, a deep mine of anecdotes ready to roll out at any given moment, and a sureness of just how fortunate he had been to stumble on snooker.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

All vary in tone—from pure comedy to romantic tragedy to savage satire—but each combined narrative with song with a sureness that has guaranteed their lasting appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He had a storyteller’s grace with a lyric, a jazzman’s sureness with a melody, and in his finest performances he delivered them with a party giver’s welcome, a palpable and infectious affability.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

I am filled with hope and a sureness that Therese will revive.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein