How to Use surety in a Sentence

surety

noun
  • As sureties, they will be liable in his place.
  • Their shouts came from them with surety.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But large-scale sales or any kind of surety that they’ll be achieved are a long way away.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Chudhary's parents and cousin, who were present, would sign as sureties.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Bond was set at $1 million, cash or surety.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Bond was set at $10,000 cash / surety, court records show.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Bond was set at $150,000 cash or surety.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Bond was set at $500,000, cash or surety.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • His bond is set at $250,000 cash or surety.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 23 May 2026
  • His bond was set at $750,000 cash or surety.
    — Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Bond was set at $400,000 cash or surety, court records show.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Bond was set at $100,000 cash / surety, court records show.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Claims would be processed by the bond or surety provider, not FMC.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Bond was set at $50,000 cash or surety, police said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • He is being held on a $250,000 cash or surety bail.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Larkin was ordered to put up two properties as surety on the $1 million bond.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 16 Apr. 2018
  • He was arraigned in a court in Chelsea and issued a $2 million bond or surety.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2024
  • Friends and family offered up their houses as sureties on a $2 million bond.
    — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Bond was set at $250,000 cash or surety, police said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Bond was set at $150,000 cash or surety, police said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • When arrested, his bail is set at $4,000 cash surety.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The accused will continue to be detained until the court approves their sureties.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Thoughtful in his words, Benjamin speaks with a surety uncommon in teens.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Court records show a judge set Brewer’s bond to $100,000 cash or surety.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The bond can be paid through cash, a commercial surety, or a court program that requires a payment of 10% of the bond amount.
    — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Her bail set at $4,000 cash surety, while he is ordered to be held without bond, according to court records.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
  • Schoeff said charges were filed and a warrant was issued for one count of child seduction and $5,000 cash or surety bond.
    — Jessica Hice, Indianapolis Star, 17 July 2017
  • Michelle de Joya’s Velma doesn’t have quite the confidence and surety of her more seasoned stagemate.
    — Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Tragicomedy is an assault on surety.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

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