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

The arrogant certitude with which he announces his conclusions certainly suggests that he has embraced a posture of infallibility that leaves no room for good-faith disagreement.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 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

A conductor known for his intense warmth in general and his rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth in particular, Honeck brought the comfort of certitude to works composed in the shadow of doubt.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024

He must have known, with a kind of certitude that he felt in his gut, that he finally had in his grasp what had eluded him for years.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown