How to Use to be sure in a Sentence

to be sure

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  • The footprint is compact for a four-bay model, to be sure; most such designs are lying-down shoeboxes.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Contreras, to be sure, didn’t cover himself in glory during all this, either.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • There are longtime, native Black American families here, to be sure.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • But to be sure, for your readers and viewers, those cases are facially hard to reconcile beyond the court engaging in pure pragmatism.
    — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • Flawed to be sure, but the document, mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, has inspired freedom movements the world over.
    — Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
  • But meteorologists and heat experts want to be sure people take the warnings seriously because heat really can kill you.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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