certitude

Example Sentences

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Hilda witnesses the crime and is so distraught that her moral certitude temporarily deserts her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

America, you’re a big, boisterous nation of more than 342 million people, with all sorts of competing impulses and interests, and no end of certitude to go around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

He’s never had a role quite like Lee, which allows him to approach the world with far less certitude than a James Bond or Benoit Blanc.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

I think real historians look at the judiciary with shock to see that we think history has such certitude.

From Slate • May 14, 2024

During his first conversations with her, when they first returned from London, she had sounded so different, so full of certitude.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie