Example Sentences

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The room, with its cracks and peeling paint in sharp focus, is more certifiably there than the vague, transient human figure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

As a certifiably hangry type, I know that my outlook on life gets bleaker when my blood sugar dips.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2023

We’re living in an age in which many people are certifiably insane, or at least in denial.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2023

I think the first thing, my instinct, was: I have to meet these two guys and pray to God they’re not certifiably insane.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

But I was certifiably bright and, therefore, disturbed.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers