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Example sentences for "surest"

Lexicographically close words:
sure; surelie; surely; sureness; surer; suretie; sureties; surety; suretyship; surf
  1. I have not made him out yet, but if you care to know the surest way will be to stay here, in the neighborhood of Miss Churchill: he will not be very far off!

  2. Who cannot perceive in these words the surest marks of prepossession and fear?

  3. The surest way of establishing peace on earth was to make the way of the peacebreaker too hard for rulers to tread.

  4. For particular details of the principal Oriental Literature dealt with, the publications of the British Museum, as well as of the before-mentioned Universities, are the surest guide.

  5. That is--if you will pardon my saying so--the surest method of quarrelling.

  6. That is the best and surest basis for love to rest on," broke in her mother, who was charmed to find Eva so sensible.

  7. The surest way not to fail, is to determine to succeed.

  8. The surest method of getting bitten by an animal is to be afraid of it; and the surest method of being injured by Nature is to be afraid of it.

  9. When men of any race begin to show pride in their own antecedents we have one of the surest signs of prosperity and rising civilization.

  10. The surest foundation of virtue is love of our fellow creatures; and that affection takes its birth, in the social relations of men to one another.

  11. Many educators maintain that the ability to conduct a good review and to make an effective assignment are two of the surest tests of a good teacher.

  12. How is teaching one of the surest guarantees of the blessings of eternal life?

  13. This simultaneous discussion of many topics did not prevent a clear understanding but on the contrary was the surest sign that they fully understood one another.

  14. Natasha was so used to this kind of talk with her husband that for her it was the surest sign of something being wrong between them if Pierre followed a line of logical reasoning.

  15. A ship was often compared to an animal, and its masts to the horns of the said animal; the masts were made fast with iron rings round their circumference, and this I take to be the surest etymology of the word Hringhorn or Ringhorn.

  16. These masts were made fast with iron rings round their circumference, and this I take to be the surest origin of the etymology of the name Hringhorn or Ringhorn.

  17. Poverty is one of the surest guides to dishonour; those who have not been tempted know nothing of it.

  18. To be useful, and fulfil well the duties of our native sphere, is the surest way to be happy.

  19. I may observe that, not only for manners and customs, but even for history, these undeniable and seldom suspicious sources are rapidly becoming our surest and even fullest authority.

  20. This is the surest sign both of outward security and of inward thrift, when people cut themselves off from society for the sake of ample room and good return for their industry.

  21. I will say, however, that most nurserymen insist on budding with the wood, which it is claimed is the surest and best way to bud.

  22. Unquestionably the surest way for a young budder is to remove the wood, cutting a pretty deep bud, and then in making the cross cut let it be only as deep as the bark, and by giving it a twitch the bud will readily leave the wood.

  23. Birds, as "denizens of the air," are the surest indicators of weather changes.

  24. Would not that be the best and surest way of settling the whole matter?

  25. Let my child be reared as I know you will rear her, and her own heart will be the safest, surest guide to happiness and peace in the future.

  26. The younger sought preferment in the world among the lovers of vanity, by following the profession of arms, which at that time was the surest road to riches and honors.

  27. Eloquence was esteemed the highest accomplishment, especially among the nobility, and was the surest means of raising men to the first dignities in the state.

  28. Our surest influence for good or evil over others is, through themselves.

  29. This is the surest and shortest Way says some Collector at the Turnpike, he pays, passes, and perishes from the Precipices that occur in his Route.

  30. There have been many well attested Instances of this Method; and as such Cases are still more frequent in more northern Climates, a Bath of the very coldest Water has been found the surest Remedy.

  31. It is the one life that is compatible with the largest and surest business success.

  32. One of the surest keys to success lies in thoroughness.

  33. When a man turns away from the position he holds to outside affairs, he turns just so far away from the surest path of success.

  34. The surest way of making a thing obvious is to provide it in some special place, at some special time.

  35. To be convinced of a thing without being able to establish it is the surest recipe for making oneself ridiculous.

  36. Surest thing you know, Tommy," said his superior cheerily.

  37. It is the surest because it almost collects itself.

  38. Now tell us why it is the surest way of using a Christian's money.

  39. If tithing is the easiest, surest and fairest plan of Christian Stewardship, seems to me it's just got to be cheerful.

  40. With this double instinct he undertook the conquest of the Gauls as the surest means of achieving conquest at Rome.

  41. The surest way to petrify a heart is to stimulate the feelings, and give them nothing to do.

  42. The desire of possessing some feeble degree of any virtue or excellence, and the effort to put it forth, is the surest way of discovering how little of it we have.

  43. The consciousness of Christ's love, accompanied with the effort to draw closer to Him, is our surest defence against every temptation to faithlessness or betrayal of Him.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "surest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.