sureness

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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

“His sureness in catching and his decision-making with his passing and threatening from three, it just pulls some people out so there might be some more driving opportunities,” Bennett said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

And yet Baig moves through the world with more sureness than Sabi, even as performer and character share a belief that the world may not always be welcoming.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

It must have been Nat from the beginning, she admitted now, and with that knowledge came a sureness that she had never known in all the last bewildering year.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare