be sure about
Example Sentences
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If you can't be sure about where nearby vessels are, the risk of a collision goes up, especially at night or in poor visibility.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
And although Southern and Northern hemisphere populations of marine mammals don’t have much, if any contact, Johnson said the world is changing so quickly, we can’t really be sure about anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
“The only thing we can be sure about is that when we drink coffee, there is more going on in our brain than just the effect of caffeine,” Picó-Pérez wrote to me.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2024
The Kraken just need to be sure about what they are getting.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
That was all he could be sure about.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
