to be sure

Adverb

Meaning

admittedly

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Examples

Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure. George Carlin

Events are the ephemera of history; they pass across its stage like fireflies, hardly glimpsed before they settle back into darkness and as often as not into oblivion. Every event, however brief, has to be sure a contribution to make, lights up some dark corner or even some wide vista of history. Fernand Braudel

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words? Richard Russo

When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work. Keegan-Michael Key

It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment. Gabriel García Márquez

To be sure that your friend is a friend, you must go with him on a journey, travel with him day and night, go with him near and far. Angolan Proverb

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