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Example sentences for "certainly"

Lexicographically close words:
certain; certaine; certainely; certainement; certaines; certains; certaintie; certainties; certainty; certam
  1. But certainly in Europe itself the national question had to be settled before there could be any chance of establishing an international tribunal.

  2. Hence a complete revision of frontiers on a racial basis would certainly involve the cession to Denmark of the extreme eastern portions of Schleswig, as far as and including the port of Flensburg.

  3. What the real position of the labour market was after we had been at war two months, cannot be precisely determined, but it was certainly more serious than the Board of Trade percentage would seem to indicate.

  4. The struggle will almost certainly set in progress trains of thought not only connected with questions of war and peace, but with the wider questions of human destiny.

  5. From the vestiges which remain of military works it has certainly been a place of great strength.

  6. Roger, be still; they certainly will hear us.

  7. She was sitting right there, playing with the shadows, and I--It's certainly very queer!

  8. If I do, I shall certainly turn aside and tarry a little at your Halden.

  9. One plaque is certainly meant to represent the human form.

  10. We stare at it and ask what are these slate spear heads engraved with rude ornament, and certainly never meant to be used as "lethal weapons"?

  11. I am, at present, of opinion that all the sites are of an age in which iron was well known to the natives, and bronze was certainly known.

  12. The structure certainly yielded habitable space enough to accommodate the persons who, in the fifth to twelfth centuries, left these traces of their occupancy.

  13. Cartailhac recognises that the plain plaques of slate from sites in the Cevennes "are certainly analogous" with the plaques from the Casa da Moura, even when these are elaborately ornamented with vandyked and other patterns.

  14. A superstition which has certainly endured to the nineteenth century may obviously have existed among the Picts, or whoever they were, of the crannog and broch period on Clyde.

  15. Nor is there any reason why these people should not have scratched archaic markings on the pebbles as they certainly cut them on stones in a Scottish crannog of the Iron age.

  16. As people certainly did live on these structures of Langbank and Dunbuie during the broch and crannog age (centuries 5-12) it really matters not to our purpose why they did so, or how they did so.

  17. But as the topic of Totemism has been introduced, I may say that many of the mysterious archaic markings on rocks, and decorations of implements, in other countries, are certainly known to be a kind of shorthand design of the totem animal.

  18. Certainly it cannot be a Corporation cairn.

  19. Lord Simon Pitscrew, Lord Brailstone, and the rest of the English were sore about it; for it certainly wore a look of constitutional inferiority on the English side, which could boast of indubitably stouter muscles.

  20. Be sure, the situation will certainly recur in some form; will constantly recur.

  21. Certainly it gives to the town a low look anything but imposing.

  22. Before the year 1060, Sweden is an Old Teutonic state, certainly of later form and larger compass than the earliest of such, but with its democracy and its elective kingdom preserved.

  23. Certainly she has done well in putting a Scandinavian prince on the throne.

  24. If he detracts nothing from his employer's business he certainly adds nothing to it.

  25. Let a machine run night and day, and before long it will break down; and what a mechanism of iron and steel cannot bear, the human organism certainly cannot stand.

  26. That spirit is vulgar; certainly it is un-American.

  27. Or, because we know some women who do not follow righteous lives, we certainly would not condemn the entire sex of women, which would necessarily include our own mother.

  28. But the material does not exist, or, if it does, it certainly has a most unfortunate way of hiding its light under a bushel; so much so that business men cannot see even a glimmer of its rays.

  29. Far abler pens than mine have treated of this; it is certainly not for me to enter into it here.

  30. But certainly such cultural literary experience ought not to crowd out kinds of reading that are of much greater practical value.

  31. Their efficiency is certainly the greatest single asset of the new generation.

  32. The elementary school, at as early an age as practicable, should certainly give the necessary preliminary knowledge of and practice in the fundamental operations of arithmetic.

  33. The general studies should certainly continue for some portion of the time through the grammar grades and high school, but it probably should be mainly supervised reading of interesting materials rather than recitation and examination work.

  34. Reading practice should certainly make for increased speed in effective reading.

  35. Certainly people should read well and effectively in all ways in which they will be called upon to read in their adult affairs.

  36. Certainly the applied science should be as full as possible.

  37. It was all prosily Platonic on his part, but as Mary lived out her life at Grantham, and Sir Isaac Newton used to go there occasionally, and when he did, always called upon her, the relationship was certainly noteworthy.

  38. The town of Frauenburg has now only about twenty-five hundred people, and it certainly was no larger then.

  39. If I occasionally lost faith in myself, she most certainly never did.

  40. Spain had discovered America in the gross two hundred years before, but what this country really contained in way of possibilities, Spain had most certainly never discovered.

  41. England has certainly produced men--and Fitz-Roy was one of them.

  42. The book of Genesis is certainly right when it tells us that man's troubles came from a desire to know.

  43. The Pope certainly had no idea of treating Copernicus harshly; in fact, he greatly admired him--but peace was the thing desired.

  44. Certainly the Church has not opposed Science--she has only opposed heresy.

  45. They certainly had far more apparent quiet, comfort, and privacy than is commonly seen in the arrangements of the keepers of average boarding-houses.

  46. Her keen sense of humor had not been able entirely to spare this unfortunate man, whose attitudes and movements were certainly at times almost irresistible.

  47. The other five children are average boys and girls, between the ages of three and twelve, eat certainly as much as five grown people, and make twice as much trouble.

  48. There are certainly more than even tyrants know!

  49. How such a man could have happened to fill the position of junior partner in a commission business was certainly a problem not easily solved.

  50. They all believed that they would certainly find her here, and that she had lost her way or at least tried to conceal herself.

  51. Langhetti had certainly expected a good house from those happy accidents which had given him the co- operation of the entire musical world and of the press.

  52. He certainly could not incite the simple-minded captain and the honest mate to conspiracy.

  53. Some one was certainly interesting herself very singularly about Cigole, and some one else, or else the same person, was very much interested about Beatrice.

  54. Things are certainly different here from what they used to be.

  55. It was certainly an amazing thing that he should be on board the same ship with us.

  56. It certainly ought to be able to attract attention.

  57. It was certainly a curious life, but quite natural, when a busy merchant devotes all his thoughts to business, and but little attention to his family.

  58. You certainly have a remarkable forecast about the chances of business.

  59. Langhetti certainly did not look like a man who was capable of doing very much, especially against one like Potts.

  60. I hope not--and certainly I must ask you questions before I begin to tell you things.

  61. You have certainly forgotten all about ordinary propriety to-night.

  62. Certainly when a decision is made out of an excessive desire to bring happiness to all parties concerned, its immediate action can not fail to denote a wholesome heartiness which should always be emulated.

  63. Certainly I'll tell Cicely to make a fire.

  64. Yes--even if it's a cottage it will certainly be a model one--and what more could one desire?

  65. Well, certainly the impassive being next him was the most unsocial-looking man I had ever had my eyes droop beneath the gaze of!

  66. Certainly it isn't becoming in you to train this child up with a disrespectful feeling toward Uncle Lancelot," some one reprimanded quickly, "since she gives every evidence of being very much like him in appearance.

  67. Certainly my Dresden-china mother up to the time of my birth had been forced to take this bitter medicine in every form, yet she had never been known to profit by it.

  68. Yet it certainly comes well within the joy class, for nothing else gives you the comfortable sense of possession that an intimate knowledge of his likes and dislikes bestows.

  69. It was a sound which had certainly not been there when I had left, half an hour before!

  70. For he wasn't artistic--and certainly he wasn't modern!

  71. If not as a whole, certainly in particular scenes it has not been surpassed by any previous effort of the author.

  72. The view is certainly very extensive, though Brussels, I must say, was rather indistinct.

  73. It was probable that he had a female partner of his flight; and the circumstance of his coming in such a clandestine way to the house of the widow Wilkins, was certainly a singular coincidence.

  74. We have called the primitive inhabitants Tultecans; and we are justified by the best authorities, certainly by the most numerous, in giving them this appellation.

  75. It was certainly sufficient to merit one of the most rapturous bursts of applause that was ever listened to.

  76. Allan's first appearance here was really her debut in an opera made up of English words, she certainly has great reason to congratulate herself on the success which attended even her acting of the part of 'Rosina.

  77. If her health permitted, I requested an interview; but certainly some token of recognition by the bearer.

  78. It was certainly most unfortunate that a system so complicated and so admirable should be framed, without any subjects being found to try it upon.

  79. The amalgamation was certainly advantageous in war.

  80. The present isolation of England in terms of air from the rest of the Empire, and the geographical conditions already described, certainly render the national expansion of aviation, both external and internal, a difficult problem.

  81. Certainly the church is not right, he would argue, but certainly not the anti-church either.

  82. There has been no great bloodshed, [though] I certainly have seen men's blood several times.

  83. I certainly should like to learn Greek and I think it would be a capital pastime for the long winter evenings.

  84. Certainly that perennial boy found a companion in his son; they were both active and eager, both willing to be amused, both young, if not in years, then in character.

  85. I look upon it as the natural order of things, that if I order a thing, it will not be done - if by accident it gets done, it will certainly be done wrong: the only remedy being to watch the performance at every stage.

  86. You are certainly free to serve—or to rule—whom you please.

  87. Beany—you say—but certainly I did not conduct myself well.

  88. He looks rather haggard and bored than persuaded, and certainly has not that cheerful acquiescence of countenance which one is taught to expect.

  89. Certainly it would; and, Mary, you have allowed him to act as a very near friend for a long time; and it is quite natural that he should have hopes that you loved him.

  90. In the tragedy, this is held to be a consummate stroke of art, and certainly the reader is grateful for the relief.

  91. An immodest woman may be modestly dressed; and if it is the fashion to be so, she most certainly will, unless she is able herself to set a fashion more suited to her taste.

  92. There was something extremely agreeable in the cheerful flow of animal spirits of the little man; and I confess I had been somewhat surprised at his apt quotations from authors who certainly were not in the range of every-day reading.

  93. I have called it a hall, for so it had certainly been in old times, and the Squire had evidently endeavoured to restore it to something of its primitive state.

  94. It has completely taken off the sharp touchings and spirited reliefs of these embellishments of life, and has worn down society into a more smooth and polished, but certainly a less characteristic surface.

  95. For certainly her way might pass Beside your twinkling door.

  96. There was probably neither a Joseph nor a Nicodemus among his disciples; certainly no Magdalene nor mother.

  97. John the Baptist is certainly a grand embodiment of the noblest characteristics of the Jewish people.

  98. There was no other point except the Pinon from which we could certainly see the enemy on their route and be ourselves hidden.

  99. They were, perhaps, a trifle more intense; certainly not more inclined towards mercy.

  100. He was too important a personage (second chief of the nation) to be abandoned without a search, and his own followers, nearly half of the tribe, would certainly be back to the spring.

  101. Had he remained where I had parted with him, the foremost bulls coming up would have mistaken him for an individual of some other tribe, and would certainly have gored him to death.

  102. They certainly showed no signs of captivity in either look or gesture.

  103. This was certainly the description of Moro; and I began to feel a sort of superstitious awe in regard to my mysterious neighbour.

  104. It seemed as though the hand of God had interposed to prevent the ruthless shedding of blood, which, but for the gulf that lay between these foemen, would certainly have ensued.

  105. People certainly did not want all the inducements to save their money which it was once thought they did require.

  106. This circumstance does not take from his merit; but it certainly increased his difficulties.

  107. This was no new scheme, though the agency by which the scheme was sought to be carried out certainly was original.

  108. There was certainly some reason why the same legislation was unnecessary for the two countries.

  109. With regard to the necessity for a uniform system of management, and of course a uniform system of accounts, there was certainly an appearance of general agreement; but little attempt to bring it about.

  110. And certainly the most important arrangement, associated as it is with several novel features, is that of paying down the premium in one sum.

  111. Madame une telle gave five o'clock tea, included in the seven francs a day, but her rival gave one more meat course at dinner and her coffee was certainly better, while a third undoubtedly had a nicer set of people.

  112. There is certainly food here for reflection.

  113. What has been good enough for us and our parents should certainly be satisfactory to the younger generations.

  114. It certainly would be pleasanter for him to spend money so honestly earned than the millions wrested from half-starving peasants which form his present income.

  115. That the great mass of Americans, drawn as they are from such varied sources, should take any interest in the comings and goings or social doings of a small set of wealthy and fashionable people, is certainly an unexpected development.

  116. To be loved by those around us, to stand well in the world, is certainly the most legitimate as well as the most common of ambitions, as well as the incentive to most of the industry and perseverance in life.

  117. I found myself in the presence of two American ladies, the younger being certainly not less than seventy-five.

  118. He certainly considered himself our host, and ignored the financial side of the question severely.

  119. General society is certainly cultivated enough to appreciate intelligence and superior endowments.

  120. The Small Summer Hotel We certainly are the most eccentric race on the surface of the globe and ought to be a delight to the soul of an explorer, so full is our civilization of contradictions, unexplained habits and curious customs.

  121. Davis might aid such a move as a consideration for recognition, and certainly Seward was too busy with his own troubles to intervene on behalf of an "outworn" Monroe Doctrine.

  122. Certainly the weight of the old English common law system, adopted in all the States, bore hardly on the dependent classes of the East; and the courts were not loath to send undefended men to prison.

  123. The Jacksonian Democracy was certainly putting its worst foot foremost, and the great leaders of the opposition held up their hands in horror at a system which "reeked with corruption from center to circumference.

  124. As he did so, the light of the mate's lantern fell full upon him, and the scene it revealed will certainly never be forgotten by anyone who witnessed it.

  125. But Antoine de Chaulieu entertained no doubt of his guilt, and the speech he composed was certainly well calculated to carry that conviction into the bosom of others.

  126. I am confident Mr. Raikes was not in the train," he said; "and I certainly did not see him on the platform.


  127. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "certainly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolutely; actually; alright; assuredly; certainly; certainty; clearly; course; decidedly; definitely; distinctly; doubtless; downright; easily; evidently; exactly; fine; forsooth; good; historically; indeed; indubitably; inevitably; irrevocably; manifestly; mean; naturally; necessarily; noticeably; obviously; oui; patently; positively; precisely; presumably; question; quite; rather; really; right; seriously; sure; surely; truly; undeniably; undoubtedly; verily; very; visibly; well; yes


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certainly not; certainly true; certainly very; certainly will; certainly would