sure as can be

Example Sentences

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“I feel as sure as can be, uncle, that I could stuff one.”

From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous

Now, it is of no use for you to deny it, for I feel as sure as can be that you have been giving me some medicine on the sly these last few days.”

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

As sure as can be, one of them must be the gentleman that's coming down to court my sister.

From She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, Oliver

But, then, to marry my daughter for the convenience of frequent opportunities—I'll never consent to that: as sure as can be, I'll break the match.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

Widow Brown immediately screamed out, "Alas-a-day! as sure as can be, here are my red-streaks; I could swear to them in any court."

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah