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
Amit Agarwal, Slaughter’s lawyer, struggled to break through their impenetrable certitude, facing reflexive hostility at every turn.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
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
“Oh, you’ve changed,” he said with a certitude that she instinctively disliked.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing certitude
The Call of the Wild
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"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
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