| 单词 | for sure |
| 例句 | “Y’all look like you need some mercy yourselves. You are obviously nobody’s mistress—I figure an unhappy indenture. The two little Negroes are runaways for sure.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Naheed knew for sure what Eliza had been upset about in science and why Mrs. Salinger had snapped off the television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z If you try to help, the Commandant will only punish you both, and that will kill the girl for sure. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He denied it, and of course, there was no way to know for sure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing I knew for sure—we would not find a kindly old couple enjoying an evening pipe and needlepoint in the drawing room. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I knew for sure her daddy wasn’t away somewhere getting corrected. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Around fifty of the Minutemen and lots of British troops had been killed on Friday at Lexington or Concord, or wherever it was, although nobody seemed to know how many for sure. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how I felt about him, I knew one thing for sure. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z One of his former teammates stated, “He wasn’t a big fan of doctors and hospitals, that’s for sure.” The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I thought that if I said no he’d get himself all worked up and shoot for sure. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Yep,” I said, fanning my hand in the air, “medium oven for sure. Maybe even hot.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z No one knows for sure if medieval plainchant singing had a pulse or beat of any kind, because there was no way of writing it down. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “If you keep that up, you'll beat Bull again next year for sure.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “It’s not me who forces her to dress like that, that’s for sure.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know about that, but I was inquisitive for sure. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Thousands for sure—enough to cover the deli walls ten times over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I know this sounds odd, Dear Diary, so don’t tell anyone, but I’d love to see a ghost—just to know for sure they exist. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s dark, so I can’t know for sure, but her eyes look watery. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She had the feeling that the boy was only teasing the girl, but she had to know for sure. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z One thing she knew for sure: June needed Ivy just as much as Ivy needed June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And an exclamation point in a real-estate ad is bad news for sure, a bid to paper over real shortcomings with false enthusiasm. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And this I know for sure about my husband: You don’t dangle an opportunity in front of him, something that could give him a wider field of impact, and expect him just to walk away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “We thought for sure he’d broke his neck. But come to find out, it didn’t hurt him a bit!” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, Mama didn’t know or care. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Because with a garden you never know for sure what will or won’t happen—whether anything, in fact, will grow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “At least you know now for sure. And you don’t have to feel guilty about leaving her behind and making new friends.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z West Indian Archie’s territory for sure, but I don’t figure it matters. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if you don’t know for sure, maybe there’s still a chance,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I can’t know for sure that she does, but she does. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z All he knew for sure was that growing up meant he could get a dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “I thought for sure there was a good reason why you never got in touch with anyone after that night. And . . . this is your good reason? So you can live like a bum?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z All we knew for sure is that he took his fishing boat down to South America on some sort of job, and he never came back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Turns out nobody knows for sure why cats purr. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure; These ladies all have their roses and it seems that one just has to outdo the other. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think I’ll have the nightmare tonight. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I’d never seen it before to know for sure, but it slowly formed a picture in my mind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For one thing, how would one know for sure that at any given moment a response of the bantering sort is truly what is expected? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z All you could see for sure was that Sing Sing was the ending, at least for a while, to 2,300 sad stories. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But we did know for sure we’d better get there in a hurry. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Sick inside, hurt, and maybe a little tiny bit of relief that we now knew for sure what happened to our dad. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But how do I find out for sure? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I’m not a cop, and they know it for sure. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. That’s what my mother said, anyhow, but who can really predict these things? It’s a shame, though. I thought for sure it would be a boy this time.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And the magic speed that had made Boobie so spectacular would be gone for sure. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you mad? My father already suspects I had something to do with it! If he found out what we did, I’d be dreadfully punished! He’d beat me, for sure!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Tell me two things you know about Sherm. Two things you know for sure.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z These Lagunas wouldn’t beat her up, except she didn’t know for sure about the quiet one. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We told Mr. Clifton to use it for the math club kids next year for sure. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The rations will last me till Sol 400.1 can't say for sure how long the potatoes will last, until I see how many I got. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like I remember the fear when I found myself on the floor next to that golf club—and I know now, I know for sure that I wasn’t the one swinging it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That Washington was a conjure man, for sure. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only thing we know for sure is that he’s not here.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Okay, how do you know for sure that they won’t get deported?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “My problem is you’re so bossy. All you do is boss us around, and you’ve barely said thank you. You don’t even know for sure if this will stop the auction.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z "Well, mostly people of European descent. I'm not sure how it will help you navigate life in Flushing, that's for sure." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I imagined so many different scenarios on our way here, and I thought for sure I’d prepared myself. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He annoyed me for sure, but he really got under Audrey’s skin. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Though he’d never know for sure what had happened to them, his mind was super talented at imagining the absolute worst. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I could imagine Mrs. Walton glued to the television—for sure it’s a colored one and probably big too. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t say for sure, Father Abbot. There must have been hundreds.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I could pretend I was falling asleep and then come up with some answers that would get me to Grand Rapids for sure. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “I cannot say for sure. But not participating will be viewed as a step back in the healing process.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He has her wrapped around his finger for sure. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I can’t say for sure. But you see that moon out your window?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “As far as we can tell, it hasn’t been damaged by its adventures, but you’ll be able to tell us for sure.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They’d miss her for sure, leaving their kitchen a mess without her running it. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There were only four more blocks ahead, and then he would be safe for sure. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Nosuh. I couldn’t tell any one thing for sure. The boy’s body had bruises and cuts all over, and his head was pretty much caved in, from a beatin’ and being shot, I guess. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Deal,” the girl in pink said, “and if we get married someday, you’ll be my maid of honor for sure.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Now imagine being like that all the time—never knowing for sure when you’re going to be here, or there, or somewhere in between. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Funny. Very funny. But they’d give a thousand dollars for him, I bet. Nine hundred for sure.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Slower for sure, and maybe he’d lost the teeth that made the smile that made the sisters forgive him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two bathrooms for sure,” Mama says, “and a room for my plants.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Well, here’s what we know for sure. The final count: one hundred and seventeen students injured in total.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Because you look like the kind of girl who’ll wreck something for sure.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You must be," I say, "at the kingdom's rock barrier, for sure." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z How else could I know for sure who had written that letter? Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z His fate is not known for sure, although he may have taken part in a naval campaign in Italy; whatever, his family never saw him again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “You really stuck it up there, kid. You are strong, that’s for sure.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “I’m an idiot. I thought for sure you knew.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z This much is for sure, nobody was pounding on drums or stewing up a goat for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The only items that for sure go to both houses are my cell phone, my piano music, and my journal. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z There was no way I could know for sure. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “And now I know for sure that I do have a brother, whether he’s that sailor or not.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was too dark for sure shooting anyway, and the creature was gone into the gloom of the leaves in a twinkling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was here Claudia knew for sure that she had chosen the most elegant place in the world to hide. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: no matter how many nice stories G’ma has about James Robert Lamar Sr., Scoob’s not so sure being like him in any way is a good thing. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z And someone had written it hastily, that was for sure. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to know something about his life for sure, without grabbing for missing memories. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We were going to have to get our stories straight, that was for sure. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way, one thing is for sure: that was the night I learned how to run. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “From the minute I first seen him,” said Bryce, “I knew he belonged to you. I said to myself, ‘That rabbit is for Sarah Ruth, for sure.’ The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe, but the cap’n smiled, and I know for sure it was a smile ’cause most the Spanish moss moustache was now on the barbershop floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was for sure Bertha had said a lot of words in her life, seeing as how she was such a talker. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z No one ever knows for sure where those rumors come from. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever shows up is going to get a piece of my mind, and that’s for sure. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The only part I heard for sure was when she said: “I haven’t brought my new dot game to school yet because I want to make sure you’re around to play it.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z One thing, for sure, she needed her ends cut. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If a guy was offering to teach me how to swim, then for sure he didn’t have a life. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I thought for sure you were going to have your buddy Ryan’s back.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “This one’s for sure. Magnetized nickel—an exploded star.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I can’t say for sure, Jackson. I’m a bit out of practice.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You say it’s green. You know for sure it’s green?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only thing it means for sure is that I’ll have more work.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z And I know for sure it was our father's first time sitting on the stoop with us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z That’s when I knew for sure I had to run away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “They may do something to you. Wait until the last minute, when you know for sure you are leaving.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t say for sure. But it’s an opportunity. I’m going back in.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jan: “But you don’t know anything for sure. You’re just making an assumption.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If I called Mother or Daddy, I’d be going to Pine Bluff for sure, no matter how many pretty speeches Mother made about taking a stand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Pima’s mother told him and Pima to use the masks no matter what, and for sure there was a lot of black grime in the filters when he immersed them in the ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Interconnectedness was not just a feeling and philosophy for Farmer, but something he acted on, in Haiti for sure, but everywhere else, too. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I thought for sure you were going to tuck that into your collar,” I told him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hells yes, for sure. I know so because we re going to make a home there. If you make something happen you can count on it being for sure.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “There’s one way to tell for sure,” he said, reaching into his pocket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh well, we’ll just have to live with them. But one thing’s for sure: My parents didn’t get away.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I soon realize, though, that I have to find out for sure. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The only thing I knew for sure was my mother did not see me going into the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a different sound, yes, but one thing Axel knows for sure: it is a sound he loves to hear. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I for sure don’t want to get dog-piled or just generally messed with. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I thought for sure this guy was different. I thought he cared about his family.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Probably. We never found out for sure. Apparently it violated some code no one’s ever heard of. Can’t have a garden in the hood!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It was a screech owl. I don’t know for sure if I heard one or two. It could have been just one.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you run, they’ll hang it on you for sure,” his friend said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know for sure that he was in the school when the bombs went off. He probably stood me up.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That’s when I knew for sure that there was this thing about touching me at Beecher Prep. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He hadn’t brought his family any honor yet—that was for sure. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “He’s some better than yesterday, they think. But it’ll be a day or so before they can really tell for sure.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I think so. They say there weren’t any injuries, but I can’t say for sure how Mr. Farooqi is doing, because he doesn’t really call me. I’m not ‘Subject One.’” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Think about it. There’s the value of the fireworks and then the value of them being from out of state. We’re saving you a tank of gas each way, for sure.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But she didn’t know for sure—maybe she was done with the sun now, maybe night was all that the woods would give her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I would have been in on the garden for sure if it weren't for this arthritis in my hands. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was basically an artifact, and one of the few things I had from Dad that I knew for sure was real. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It’s hard for me to imagine Grandma’s family dying in the Holocaust, since for sure they’d all be gone by now anyway. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “We don’t have our papers with us. And Pita is hurt. They’re going to call CPS on us for sure.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Lolo’s going to be in trouble with her later, for sure. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I could’ve stood outside the door and listened if I wanted to but that would’ve been rude, besides I didn’t know for sure how long it would take me to polish up my new horn! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom for sure would never have had this conversation with me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Still, one thing is for sure: The Taker can’t laugh at himself. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z All I knew for sure was that she hadn’t gotten lice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I knew for sure was that the bomb wasn’t dropped on the church by an airplane. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you know for sure that this isn’t gonna mess me up, then?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Some, for sure. Normally we have no trouble filling as many lanterns as we care to carve, but tonight might be an exception.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He was taking the occasional step, but if they hadn’t been holding him up, he would have been flat on his face for sure. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It's so beat-up, nobody knows for sure what it really is. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah, for sure. I already bought a new suit for when I’m on TV.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “We don’t know for sure that it was Nigerian fire. The Biafrans could have put it on.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Recruiters might be that clumsy, but then, if they’re out this far, they’re hunting for sure. Got to be stealthy to sneak up on Indians.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My guess is that he responds nonverbally, but I don’t know for sure because I can’t look at him, either. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: no one else in life says to me, “Wait, Craig, what were you going to say?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She truly was glad that Helen would get the prize money—her family needed it for sure. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I couldn’t figure out whether I was being attacked until I felt fingers against my scalp and knew the answer for sure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z One thing for sure, she told herself, even if the entire team fell upon their knees and knocked their heads at her feet in three reverent kow-tows, she would refuse to join them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But it was a touchy sort of thing to bring up, not knowing for sure how the other one felt about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the odd one out, I’m afraid. My mom’s family is German, and I think my dad's family was Scottish or something, but it was so long ago nobody knows for sure.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “All right, bleeding skies. It was just a joke. Of course I’ll fight to win. I’m not planning to die, that’s for sure. But what about you? Don’t you want to become Empress?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure. But his meat doesn’t look that different from a squirrel’s. He ought to be cooked. . . .” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom looked after him and murmured, “A good-looking pinko, that’s for sure.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he’s quite something, that’s for sure. But I tell you, Bud, I’m ready for it all to just die down and blow away—too much fuss.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When, in fact, most of the time there were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure which side of the line you stood on. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And for sure we don’t have to go to school this morning?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “There’s not enough fish left anywhere else, that’s for sure. Not since the cyclone hit. When Baba takes his boat into the reserve, he comes back with plenty. And honey, too.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I had the Mexican going on for sure: brown skin and thick brown hair that was lighter than Mom’s but darker than Dad’s and that I usually wore in two braids. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But they couldn’t prove it, they didn’t know for sure, he said, clinging to the wire fence. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I just knew that when the first one broke and made his move, we might take him down, but, for sure, there would be a crowd a coming behind him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me in a way that told me he thought for sure I was a-conjuring. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But I was too afraid to find out for sure. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “The kid is willing to fight great whites. Not to say that’s a smart thing to do! Brave, maybe. Loyal for sure. But...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “One way or another, heads will roll, that’s for sure. Someone’s got to be held accountable.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z No one knew for sure who was stealing, but there was one person on the expedition who wasn’t getting thinner. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Even if I only blew up one mine, I'd draw the Careers back down on me for sure. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But when she opened her mouth to speak, I knew it was her for sure. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "I didn't know for sure, but I had my suspicions." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody knows for sure,” said Pa. “Maybe they’re like coyotes and wolves. Just singing to the stars.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Harry estimated that their owners were fewer than twenty feet away, but the cascading river made it impossible to tell for sure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Whether it was a touch of sulphur riding a breeze or a flick of yellow flame far ahead in the daylight, he could not say for sure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One thing you can bet on for sure.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Mark had a long moment when he thought for sure that sleep was coming. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z One thing is for sure: Schoenberg and his fellow-travellers in the redesigning of the Western note system were not courting a mainstream audience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I cannot say for sure, but I think it is because I asked him please not to. The ‘please,’ I suspect, aroused his interest. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It would have punched a hole in the hull for sure. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t settle down until I know for sure that no one is following us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If we pulled off a successful escalator trade of our own, we’d be famous for sure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z All we can say for sure is that, in places where Khoisan peoples had lived for perhaps tens of thousands of years, there are now Bantu. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You win Best Birthday Plot Twist for sure,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And while I don't know much, there is one thing I know for sure. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I already hate him as much as I hate anything about the Colonies—he’s not affiliated with the Patriots, that’s for sure, but that just makes him more of a coward. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “She could run fast. If you were racing her, you couldn’t ever let her get a head start, because she would beat you for sure.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If somebody found it and saw all those empty food-coloring bottles, we were busted for sure. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I thought for sure I was going to have to hold him back as we came closer to the cluster of boys, but his fury seemed to fall away from him with each step. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t know for sure. People be kind, I hope,” she replied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, there will be serious consequences for me if I don’t perform to Goddard’s liking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z People said his ship sank in the Ephygian Bay on his attempted journey home, but no one knew for sure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I can't tell for sure because they're talking at the same time, interrupting each other and throwing in my name every other sentence to grab my attention. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mama was going to rip into me for sure. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “But I know one thing—if he finds us hiding down here, he’ll kill us for sure!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But I would feel better if you let me know for sure. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Like, too old to be hosing down blazing houses, that’s for sure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But the only thing I know for sure is that there’s no way I’m crawling back, groveling, to ask for a measly ride. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then later he said, “Tim, it’s a war. The guy wasn’t Heidi—he had a weapon, right? It’s a tough thing, for sure, but you got to cut out that staring.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We cannot know for sure until it is tested with one of our own,” she says calmly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure, and it was one thing Seven never thought she’d admit or feel in her entire life: She really liked Valley Pepperhorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And if he wasn’t, George knew he’d be shipped off to that army school for sure. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know it for sure, but it feels good to hear Sneaky say it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t yet know for sure who had killed Bodega, but like Leary I had an idea. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “But you don’t know for sure, do you?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Grayson did not say, and Stella for sure didn’t ask. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Nobody could say for sure whether it was an accident or revenge, but it had the smell of the latter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s by a great musician named Marvin Gaye. He was very talented but also very troubled. In his song, he says, ‘There’s only three things that’s for sure: taxes, death, and trouble.’” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Papa, Dr. Packard was one of the riders. I’m for sure.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Garbage and dead rats,” Lourdes said, like it was for sure. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z PS Once I know for sure I can keep her, I’m going to see if that black streak could really be another superchicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Watching her run, one thing is for sure—she isn’t clumsy at all. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Of course those boys went too far. Whatever that colored boy deserved, he didn’t deserve getting shot and tossed into the Tallahatchie, that’s for sure.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. If we mail it next week, maybe we’ll hear from her by mid-February. But I can’t say for sure.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Boy better not be out there getting in any more trouble, that's for sure. And you better not be getting into any trouble either." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z She looked like she might scream, which would give us away for sure. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe late tonight, but by tomorrow for sure.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t you have wings? I thought for sure, that first time I saw you, that you had wings.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z One thing's for sure, destroying those supplies is not going to be as simple as it looks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One thing I knew for sure: however much I missed Grans, Mom must have missed her more. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But I heard Link’s voice as he said it was better to leave now and he’d help them get me later for sure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Last week. We need to talk about some things—that’s for sure. But for now, let’s start with the big question.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He’ll try and stop me for sure, or raise a fuss with the Coast Guard. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I know for sure is that this—being here with Olly, being able to love him and be loved by him—is everything. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even when I knew for sure that the gull was a ship with two red sails. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Never being in Kansas before, I wouldn’t know for sure, but I imagined they said things like y’all and up the road a piece and weather’s coming on. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s real. You been heading toward a place that you didn’t even know for sure existed?” he asked, scratching his head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z You think we’ll be here much longer? 8th JUROR: I don’t know. 6TH JUROR: He’s guilty for sure. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When they caught him, they’d send him back to the crazy house for sure. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He knew for sure that he had not cut himself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I knew for sure was that Pa didn’t want his own brother in the house. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I heard a couple of the house servants talking, just saying vaguely that there was trouble. I thought I should find out for sure.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “He’ll notice I’m gone for sure if the cows break through the fence looking for water.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even so, the truth was that Nailer shared his father’s eyes and his father’s wiry build, and Richard Lopez was a demon for sure. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if she feels it, too, not for sure, but she stays where she is. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I could live a thousand years and they’d still be the only parts I know for sure. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “They had a few small mines, yes. But not enough to justify a population of that size. That, I guess, is the only thing we know for sure,” says Twill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone talked about it as though it existed, though in truth none of us knew for sure that it did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She had some research to do, that was for sure. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z William was not closely involved in Purple operations at the time, so he couldn’t say for sure. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “It’s impressive, for sure,” my mom said, while I watched Abby trot away down the brightly colored hallway of the children’s ward, disappearing around a corner. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “This is nonsense. Even if I were a Gemini, which I’m not, we don’t know for sure that’s what the message means.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He knew one thing for sure: If Mr. Curtain was happy about it, then it spelled bad news. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I concede defeat! But there’s only one way to find out for sure.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There’s no way to know for sure about the intentions behind the bomb, but I now believe it wasn’t meant to take human lives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I also knew for sure that she was covering up scared with mean. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Everyone changes, mi vida. Even you are changing. There’s no stopping that. But here’s what I know for sure. Abuela and Lolo have us to help them,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The guard on the right looked like a girl, though it was hard to tell for sure with all the armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He don’t know for sure if I’m about to take him down with me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure. But I hear the first clue is in Jahara.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, she doesn’t have to pick through no spoiled onions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “One thing’s for sure, give him tools, and this young man can fix up anything you can find and build anything you can think of. I can vouch for that.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "I am, for sure. But with other things I'm not so lucky. Seems like we both have bad stuff in our lives we want to leave behind, right?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Our lawyer says I probably won’t have to go to juvie, but for sure I’m going to end up with some kind of community service. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “He was wonderful, Mom. I couldn’t have made it here without him, that’s for sure.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But I never read the papers for myself to know for sure. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her soul’s going to heaven, for sure. With mine.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Hundreds of feet for sure, and still rising, until it blocked out the sky. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Maybe sisters, but I couldn't say for sure. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But even he admitted that nobody knew for sure that St. Helens was going to erupt any time soon. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “If people hadn’t been so afraid that you were from Penikese, they would have taken you away for sure.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z If they ever found out for sure that he was a traitor, Farquar’s Treatment would feel like baby’s play compared to what they could do. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It felt great on my land, but now I know for sure: Building my house will take work. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Next week for sure,” her mother told her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z What happened between them, Rat said, nobody ever knew for sure. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew he was crazy for sure then.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She for sure had something in her mouth, but I couldn’t see what it was. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “None of these people are important. The only person to remember is Jamshid. The rest are just people for the story. The only part I know for sure is Jamshid.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Eagle walked up toward the couch, and I felt the Colonel start to rise, but I held his shoulders down firmly, because if the Eagle smelled the Colonel’s breath we were done for sure. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A woman, her voice edged with hysteria, said, “You heard, you heard, but if they were all dead, how could anyone know for sure?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But as all they knew for sure about the mysterious object was that it was about two inches long, they didn’t have much chance of guessing what it was without further clues. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Given his training and the desperate situation with the Japanese, he figures he’ll be heading to the Central Pacific to assist Allied forces in that region, but nobody knows for sure. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Most of the kids in my class don’t even know my real name, but they know Space Boy for sure. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That is all I know about him for sure. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, for sure, our Dede here is going to be the millionaire in the family.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I found out that Kennedy came from a wealthy family, I knew for sure that Papá was wrong about rich people, but I never said anything to him. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The place in the pictures definitely wasn't this apartment, that's for sure. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “He looked so happy in the picture. I thought for sure they’d be waiting for him.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The boy’s face is obscured, so his identity cannot be known for sure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “We don’t know for sure that the deadline’s real. This could just be her way of getting rid of the thoughts. Putting them on paper so she doesn’t do them.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Until I stop limping, we won’t know for sure if putting the cast on both my legs was worth it or not. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I don’t know if she was right, but for sure, accusing someone of “getting all umbrella” could easily end in a fight. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for sure. I will never forgive him for using me like this. I don’t even care if we never talk again.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even Burnham could not say for sure who had been first to propose the idea. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Ah yes. They are nurses, for sure. I can tell,” Kadiatu murmured with a voice of authority. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But none of the scientists knew for sure what exactly these clues meant. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the occasional barn and once a row of little houses but they looked deserted and we didn’t want to risk finding out for sure. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I can tell for sure her eyes are smiling, but her lips are still set. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy who was running away looked like Roy, but I can’t say for sure. I’m only checking with you folks because you’re his parents and, well, this is part of my job.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew one thing for sure: maybe they had a clue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Overshadowed by Styx, for sure, but in his presence, all things felt possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was an unusual piece of decoration, that was for sure—beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think it will hurt,” she says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She would blame someone if she could, that was for sure. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Chills ran down my back, but I couldn’t tell for sure if it was thrill chills or the creeps. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had thought for sure the Suarezes would join our movement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he has escaped, it will not be long now before he comes searching for us. Until we know for sure of his fate, we must never give up hope.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately my mind went blank, and I could not think of a single thing I knew for sure Plotinus had written. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s not a well, it’s the school. The school, man. They’re talking dynamite, maybe a bomb. Nobody knows for sure.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Must have been here since this place was a working quarry. Tonight, we’ll have some fun for sure.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By referring to it, he might manage to annoy Hooper, though he doubted even that, and in any case, he would never know for sure, Hooper kept a bland face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z No one in the family remembers for sure. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “They are not licensed falconers and should not be keeping these birds, and for sure not selling them.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear footsteps and flushes and running water, and I wait until I know for sure no one is here before I step out. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The book explained that no one knew for sure who the Geographer was, but that the area where Vermeer lived was a center for mapmakers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I have to know for sure,” I growl, using someone else’s voice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Actually, we don’t know that for sure; we can’t prove it mathematically. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She was so smart, smarter than me for sure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Miss Love didn’t have any way to know for sure which it was when Doc climbed out and said he’d brought Rucker home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And maybe Calvin will know that for sure. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t know exactly, Jenna, but I think your friend might be right. All I know for sure is that he’s trouble.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Even more, I wanted to argue that no one could possibly know that everything would be fine, not 100 percent without a doubt for sure. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure. It wasn’t something people would talk about either.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Absolutely...absolutely for sure it had nothing, nothing at all to do with you.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “One thing for sure, there won’t be any more ambushes. No more late nights.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Least we know for sure it was mine,” I said, and Liz laughed. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I will ever know for sure. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Once I knew for sure I had it to do, I don’t think I really felt anything. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z You don't know that for sure, I remind myself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Someone with a lot more strength than me, that’s for sure. I mean, I could tell you were sad, but not falling apart like I was—” I caught myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Of course, I’ll never know for sure, but I think she did understand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined everyone in the room staring at me, but I didn't look around to see for sure. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He now knew for sure that this theory was going to be the governing force of the rest of his life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought we were hung up for sure, but the bus sprang forward and jolted back onto the road. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Billy couldn’t tell for sure where Vegas was, only that he himself was being hit. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Highway is the word for sure; I breathe the joint deeply. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way to know for sure what TimeStar did in the future without asking. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Wilcox'd grass me off, for sure, if the police got involved. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But we had to keep him out of direct contact with the other nursery bonobos until we knew for sure, so for the time being he and I were each other’s only company. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “One thing I know for sure is, we can’t work on an empty stomach. Let’s grab a burger to go,” Trouble says. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I hadn’t known for sure until I happened to take a closer look at the book I’d accidentally stolen from the high school and had yet to return. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “But you don’t know for sure,” he repeated, raising his eyebrows for emphasis. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “He would’ve understood you, that’s for sure. He got your whys in a way I never could. But he was such a worrier, and you might have found that exhausting. I know I did, sometimes.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I really hate it when a teacher has to show that she isn’t behind the times by using some expression which sounds so up-to-date you know for sure she’s behind the times. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “We can make it to La Cumbre before dark, for sure. From there, it’s all downhill. But it’s up to you,” he added, not wanting to express a preference. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing is for sure, though: the more I watch him, the more I understand not only what Rae sees in him, but also how much I've taken for granted. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z ‘Can’t make it out. An O and a T for sure. The rest’s blurred.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Two out of three would be better, for sure. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My mother didn’t name us until we were a year old and she knew for sure we would survive. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "Let's try to get the stuff first. How can we find out for sure if that's her room just below us?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Anya knew for sure the water would hit him hard, knock him down, make it possible for them to escape. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “If this one doesn’t work, the rope will break for sure.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And with this potion—which would allow them to see their suspect’s memories—they’d know for sure. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “True. But for sure we haven’t found the third clue: She was truly greater than the sum of her parts,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But Dicey had to know that for sure. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya was pretty sure.that some of the other men were killers too, the three in the manacles for sure, but the queen wasn't looking for them, so it wasn't the same. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I concede defeat! But there’s only one way to find out for sure.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They did not know for sure, but they suspected that the dances were beyond nasty because the music was getting worse and worse with each passing season the Lord waited to make Himself known. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Supposedly, Fuchsia’s mom has kicked the habit—at least she convinced the judge who gave her custody again that she had—but it’s hard to know for sure. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z We didn’t know for sure until a doctor opened the door to the windowless hospital “family room” where we were waiting, and said, “Did your husband have a heart condition?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t really know for sure,” Stella told him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Lot of talk about what might’ve been going on over there, though no one knew for sure.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his mother’s, that was for sure. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “You can’t know for sure how something like this will work. It’s only a one-percent chance, but it could screw up her brain forever.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Death Eaters, for sure,” said Ron, as he, Harry, and Hermione watched from the drawing room windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Still, I didn’t know for sure if he’d read any of it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “And if the big one's here, then the small one will be too, that's for sure.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Again, I’m left out of my cousins’ circle and I know for sure that I’m not the Fourth Bee. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I thought I filled out the form right. I thought for sure we’d get approved for assistance—” my mom starts. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z At that point, I knew for sure this was a better idea than just buying a bag of cookies from the store. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No one knows for sure, but local doctors think that as many as 30 percent of all men and women of childbearing age who live in the vicinity of Mount Elgon are infected with hiv. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What was said between the two men, no one will ever know for sure. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When I saw him, that amazing long, long animal, I finally knew, for sure, that I was really there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “If the experts don’t know for sure, I don’t mind not knowing. Let’s get tickets for home.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s going to be an interesting season, for sure. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She guessed he recognized it, but she couldn’t say for sure. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I can't say for sure, because I have no experience, but—well, is this what family is like? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Only thing he knew for sure, he said, was that there was something beautiful about the idea of slave-owning white Lackses being buried under their black kin. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I know for sure that I will always compare every city skyline to New York’s. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Eric said Mr. Willis was at a special training camp, but he was believed as much as he usually was, so no one knew for sure. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’ll be there for sure. And I’m giving extra credit to students who go. I’ll announce that tomorrow,” he tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z No one can say for sure, and that is part of the reason for going. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitti told Poppy she was going to make a pilgrimage to Mecca this year for sure, especially if he would give her money to ride the bus. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I still don’t know for sure that it’s Oliver. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Two things are for sure, Jazz ain't no dummy, and she is unbelievably persistent. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I had already figured as much, but now I know for sure. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A year from now, she wouldn’t be sitting in a Christian coffee shop across from friends who resented her ambition, that was for sure. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I knew for sure I would never promise to give up either of those things again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably not. My father will beat me for sure when he figures out what has happened. But remember me, will you?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just want to know for sure. What if he’s still alive and...suffering?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "Ah, you American kids are a clever bunch for sure!" he says brightly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I felt bones crunching and wasn’t for sure if they was hisn or mine. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But I don’t know for sure because every time they hear me leave my room, they all get quiet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I knew for sure, Noodles wasn't gonna win this one. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I thought for sure we’d take the exam on a computer like we do when we practice, but they insist that this is tradition. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He felt that for sure this trip was going to kill him, and did not understand why he kept making it against his will. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z More than they had bargained for, that was for sure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A happier place, for sure, than the tin-and-cement box that packaged us up with all our griefs in Kinshasa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At home I fix dinner and for sure felt like having me a nap. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One thing's for sure, it's different when you're boxing someone who also knows how. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I mean, what is there to shoot? Not people, that’s for sure.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: If none of this had happened, I’d be out there crabbing every day, baiting my pots in the morning and pulling them in after school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But I for sure wasn’t going to touch his hand. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Did you see how sad she looked when you said no? Jenna will come, for sure. And invite some of your other Carver friends. They all know Didu." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t remember for sure, but all I knows is that if I had stayed with the railroad, I would be a rich man today. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to say for sure. But I do believe it’s going to erupt violently. And I think it’s going to happen soon.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z It definitely wasn't the one Jazz chops onions with, that's for sure. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Looking at Frank’s suffering, Charles knew for sure that he did not want to outlive Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know for sure if the woman in black has my mom, but I do know that the woman in black has something to do with my mother’s disappearance. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “When we were sitting at your kitchen table the other day, you asked me when I knew. That’s when...that’s when I knew for sure.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z And the whole time, Winn-Dixie was standing right in the middle of everybody, wagging his tail so hard that I thought for sure he would knock Miss Franny right off her high heels. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to talk to the white man and ask him some questions, but he did not know for sure if he could really understand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "But what is it she is carrying in the other hand? I have asked many people, but nobody knows for sure." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know what Henka Games does when they catch a hacker, but they’ll ban me from the game for sure. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We no longer know for sure which foods are good for us and which aren’t. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Nothing. I mean, it was the sound of his voice, breathing, noises. But I couldn’t see. I couldn’t say for sure.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All I know for sure is that several months ago, Mr. Kreuk came to me with a stack of cards and asked if I would do some shopping. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not my mom and dad, that was for sure. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Disguises. The Erudite don’t know for sure that we’re still here. We can pretend to be Amity.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And if Root found out she was running low on magic, she’d be transferred to Traffic for sure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t know for sure if he’d put them in the fridge, so I put them in just to be sure. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z My moms will frame this puppy, for sure. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her ghost is still here, for sure,’’ he kept saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Possibly he was already hanging out in somebody’s home, although they knew for sure it wasn’t the home of either his wife or his lawyer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going into a bedroom to find her, that’s for sure,” he mutters. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "Okay, but don't label a man a fink until you know for sure." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So we skip the pancakes with all the cooking and measuring, and jump to the eating—by the way, sausage sandwiches are always a quadrillion times better than TV dinners, that's for sure. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Get out of there! It’s too cold. You’ll get sick for sure.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And I for sure know what cruel means. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But it was when Toby and Ken gave her a nickname that Melanie knew for sure that the worst was over. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I’m in the car, I know for sure, cuz I find a piece of paper mixed in with the money we split. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Aileen laughed so loudly, I thought for sure someone was going to come find us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One thing for sure, the streets will confuse you, teach you or break your head. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a scene you wanted the other boys to see, for sure. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know, and even though I couldn’t see for sure, I decided that it had to be Petey. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I thought for sure they’d both fall in love with him. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Alaric touched his half-melted name tag, and Seven knew for sure he had died that night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Eventually, I grabbed my visor and got online to find out for sure. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Of course you have to look the other way when the train goes by the townships, because those people don’t have any perspective of what good scenery is, that’s for sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a good thing I taught you children to look after yourselves. We’re not going back to China for sure now.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was the crack in Elizabeth’s dining room table... that’s how Hilly knew for sure.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The storm was a city killer for sure, what some people called a party wrecker or an Orleans Surge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, it was a lot nicer than our school’s restrooms, which constantly smell like cigarettes and have makeup stains on the mirrors and sink. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Nothing that we know for sure about human behavior is likely to account for what ants do, and we ought to stay clear of it; this is the business of entomologists. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I expect so. But it’s not my area, and I don’t know for sure.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “You don’t know that for sure. And for crying out loud, don’t you know what perdition means?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure,” the judge said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like the guy I’d spotted with the camcorder earlier, but I couldn’t tell for sure. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “On the days the pills don’t work. I want it to end and I would do anything—really, anything—if I knew for sure it would end the pain.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There is no clear answer to that question, but one thing is for sure: do not count on the government for any help. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If I knew for sure that he was dead, I could just disappear into the woods and never look back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In another year, he’d be too big for this work and Sloth would take his niche for sure. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the end, we can never know for sure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All I knowed for sure was that it was where me and Cooter’d been warned not to go, off toward the way where some of the white people that didn’t like us lived. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She was right, for sure, but it made me flinch to have her side with Ruth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Clayton didn’t know for sure, but sitting in the train with one woman across from him and another at the other end of the car, he didn’t rule out the possibility. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer was busy recruiting scientists for Los Alamos—but that didn’t mean he knew for sure an atomic bomb was technically possible. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Palm trees were the only things around that we knew for sure were O.K. to eat, because our instructors had told us so. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But if some tourist got a photo of her and it ended up on the Internet, Root would have her badge for sure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z All I knew for sure was that Styx Malone knew how to fix everything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z So I’m going to talk to her for sure someday. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister married a man who may have assisted in his death-sentence transport to Shaba, though even Rachel will never know that for sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes stretched into hours, although it was impossible to know for sure because every second seemed an eternity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Styx was rough around the edges, for sure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Staying quiet and having people think you’re stupid is better than talking and having people know for sure. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But for now, the only thing I knew for sure was that purple jelly beans tasted way better than bran cereal. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On Congo Easter Sunday there were no new clothes for the Price girls, that’s for sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, suds gave me my name. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “All we know for sure is that you must stay out of sight until we can clear you of even the suggestion of wrongdoing.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z No one knows for sure what it said, but some people think it told him how he was going to die. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Just a wreck now. And you’re only alive because Nailer’s nicer than most of our people. Had himself some kind of religious experience out there. Got the fever eye, now, for sure.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even know for sure if these people really were from the same village or not. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Doc say a half a inch closer, he’d have been killed for sure. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It's too early to start using the h-word, but one thing is for sure: This girl is headed our way, folks. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not the case for everyone, that’s for sure. But I find that the patients who have that sensation adapt much more quickly than those who don’t.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I thought for sure Ms. McCrea would ask Sean to stay to discuss things further, but she just let us go. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I think for sure he’s going to explode. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure; when I don’t write, it feels like I’m letting him down. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Good thing I broke down. I would have missed it for sure.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no doubt about it,” April said, “it’s no ordinary rock, that’s for sure.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure: no matter how I felt or what I thought, I wasn’t going to get my chance. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z This was the moment, wasn’t it, when they would find out for sure how well or how badly they had done? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Nobody knew anything for sure yet, but it looked like Charlie might have died from alcohol poisoning or asphyxiating on his own vomit. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t say for sure. Maybe east or west; maybe north or south. It was hard to tell. He said mostly she was sort of spinning around like a dust devil.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d made a long-distance call from Libreville to make sure he was getting let out the next day for sure, and boy, did she make a beeline after that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We just don’t know for sure,” Dr. Morales said. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure. I’m just saying...when I do...” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He is definitely, for sure, 100 percent going to say yes once she tells him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z One thing I know for sure is I could never be a dog. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I thought for sure Martin had dropped right back off into sleep until he asked, “Where are we going after that?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If that person really did see Marcus when the crime was happening, then I would know for sure whether he was telling the truth. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z If he came home, he would beat her and me up for sure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Shucks, I couldn’t remember for sure if you killed a vampire by driving a stake in its heart or by shooting it with a silver bullet! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Now that you knew for sure it was coming a man could rest a bit. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z R.C. scared me, for sure, but shouldn’t I tell all the truth, even if I was afraid? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I thought for sure that coming here would finally give me some real answers about Quinton, but it’s just as big a mystery in the supernatural world as it is back home. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I thought for sure I could distract her by starting a discussion about the whole piano-genius thing, but it didn’t entirely work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't get too close to him, Zack. It's Ebola for sure." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I know this for sure, because I always left him feeling good. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But I for sure knew, and it was my own grandfather’s wife I was hankering after, which seemed like an awful sin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe they were higher. I don’t know. The weather was bad enough to scare me witless, that’s all I know for sure.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw the judge’s wife’s bottom lip get a wiggle in it, and I knew for sure she was lying. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Maybe the miserable old motor finally died of old age—and no way to know for sure in the dark. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Now I knew for sure it was a bomb. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was running away for sure now, and with a smart kid like Bubber it was no telling where they’d catch him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I know for sure Mama won’t be giving me any kind of allowance, and my birthday’s two months away. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Looking at Barack’s face, I knew for sure that he felt the same. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I know for sure, then, that I can’t be her ally, and I never could have. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z All we know for sure is that she had retired from work completely by the early 1950s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I say, “Okay, I don’t know what they say about beards and cupcakes. But I thought for sure you’d know.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They wrote what they could, drew pictures, and made the camp recite what was known for sure. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “No, he’s gone back, for sure,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard’s hand shot up every time, but I knew for sure I was never going to win any Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “And they don’t know for sure,” said Davenport, “but it looks like he might’ve been drinking.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z So how am I supposed to know for sure? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see, his hand was over her eyes, she was terrified, she couldn’t say for sure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I can’t tell for sure with American faces what they are feeling, but I would say this man looks angry. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he did, for sure. But there was an incident that happened near here, when he was still Light Hair—something that caused the Long Knives to attack Little Thunder’s village.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z And when I called Martha Vaughan to tell her about my findings, I underscored the limitations of what we could know for sure. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Could be he took a hit to the head, then went over the side and drowned. Or maybe he hit his head after he drowned. Or while he was drowning. I don’t know for sure.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We just don’t laugh much together is all I can say for sure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sergio was picked up on Route 32 in downtown Albany, and nobody would say for sure how long he had been wandering. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z If they see me dressed like this, equipped with infrared goggles, they’ll question me for sure. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And for sure, Ellis doesn’t go to school on Friday. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I had no idea what I was walking into, but I knew one thing for sure: It was preferable to falling into that soldier’s hands on a lonely road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He was whistling for sure when he opened the door and went in. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “How do you know that for sure?” the detective asked snidely. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You don’t know that for sure. He’s European. They have different mores.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Carla dreaded being asked directions since she had just moved into this area right before school started, and all she knew for sure was the route home from the bus stop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And the way he looked at them said it all—he thought for sure it was some kind of trap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z All they knew for sure was that there were more than one hundred of them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t know yet if she was rose or thorn, but one thing I knew for sure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Now Sophie knew for sure: Hans was a member of the White Rose. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s also not known for sure why Hans and his friends chose the name “White Rose.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Blue Eyes was a little candle flame in the darkness, and even though I didn’t know for sure if Miles really was Blue Eyes, I couldn’t let him be snuffed out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going on the cover of Seventeen anytime soon, that was for sure. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Well, I can tell you for sure there weren’t enough pineapples in the world to keep me from running straight at T.J., full steam ahead. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “This really is a tent. I thought for sure you were seeing things.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “This afternoon, for sure,” Jude’s saying to Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Because I couldn’t say for sure. I mean, I thought it might be him by his voice.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then she licked her lips and murmured, “Rattler. Copperhead. Not for sure.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I look at Fiona for help, but she just shrugs and says, “I totally get why you wouldn’t want to, but it would explain more than any sign, that’s for sure.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Later, he’d be tracking that mud into the house for sure. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They kept their beaks faced toward the stranger, and Luna felt for sure that they had somehow become harder, sharper, and more dangerous than before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He couldn't even have said for sure whether it was a good dream or a bad one. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The statement ‘I believe in God’ is either true or false, but only I can know for sure which, because it refers to a purely internal state of mind; it is inherently subjective. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe you’re right. Maybe he’ll send a sign. That’s the only way to know for sure: your father has to send you a sign claiming you as his son. Sometimes it happens.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a boy for sure, and he has animals with him. A shepherd?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z They looked up at me without any surprise on their faces: I had been set up, for sure. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And I knew for sure my mama wasn’t thinking about me as she shuffled around the house in her bathrobe all red eyed and stoop shouldered. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I thought that moth was a goner, for sure.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Empty jars wouldn’t fetch a lot of money, that was for sure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “He’s a real grouch, for sure,” she goes on. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z We don’t hear no more whispers from the army, if that’s what it even was, but there ain’t no point in finding out for sure, is there? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z All I know for sure is that this is the Year of the Ocelot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z What I remember for sure is what I felt: rage and the old gravity of West Baltimore, the gravity that condemned me to the schools, the streets, the void. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then he said: ‘There’s just one more thing. In a month or two I’ll send you my address and you write and tell me for sure whether you’re all right.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Then don’t be afraid. You have to put yourself out there, Amina, and do you. Unless...Marian is a dancer. In that case, skip it for sure.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But we don’t even know for sure if fungi have parts, aside from mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She’d have to count again some other day—or, really, lots of other days—to know for sure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “But he did say that when they were ten days old and pretty well feathered, he could move them to the box in the sycamore tree. Said their parents will feed them for sure.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And that would fan the fire for sure, get the pot boiling just when it had started to cool off. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the case of geometry and the state, on Hobbes’s view, we can know for sure why something is the case because neither geometry or the state would exist if we had not constructed them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All I know for sure—for absolutely certain—is that Scott’s wife has been missing for a week. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think it really matters,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were four inches between my hand and his arm—four inches and I’d know for sure. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “For you? There’s way more than a word, but that’s one of them, for sure.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I went up a few steps and heard Pa snoring, they were sleeping for sure. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Maya looked like Grace, that was for sure. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, Ronan. This will cover it for sure. Just one more thing I need from you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure—you’re way more familiar with the Maps than I am. But I have a theory. That’s why I was hoping you guys could remember some of them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But Nelson slunk out of the house in such a terrified state we couldn’t find anything to laugh about, that is for sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she does stuff like that, my father puts his forehead in his hand and store people and conductor people look at her like she is nutty for sure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If she was old enough to be responsible for all her own actions, she was for sure old enough to use magic, right? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A breeze picked up and when Mr. Underhill crossed the street, walking in our direction, I thought for sure he’d pluck one of us for that new grave marker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Of course, I can’t know for sure, but sometimes I get this feeling that it is, and a lot of the time, that feeling is right. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I do not know for sure, I only guess. Tell me, Gregor the Overlander, recognize you this?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A half hour later, when I looked again, Petey was munching on his foliage and seemed happy enough, but with a caterpillar how can you tell for sure? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then I knew for sure the government and mind-control chips were involved. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No one can say for sure where he was killed, whether some hostile landsmen or the sea, the stormwaves on the deep sea, got the best of him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Anger, for sure, that I had been lied to, that I had fallen for it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He would know for sure if that’s a true thing, because if heaven is real, he has gone there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Over the final mile, Cal and Cornell battled nose to nose, so close together that nobody could tell for sure who was ahead at any given moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t know for sure if that was true, but I think it probably was. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Luke didn’t think Toby would go back to the trailer, but he didn’t know for sure. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Something about not being able to talk always gave someone the giggles, but tonight it’s not hard to stay quiet, and for sure I don’t feel like giggling. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Another couple of feet and it would have been a homer for sure. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z You can see farther than you can throw that big harpoon, that’s for sure. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Coming down the Hill is a rush, for sure, but it’s not enough anymore. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot tell for sure, but I think so,” Afi whispered back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a big moment, for sure—grand and public and to this day readily findable on YouTube. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “We don’t know for certain. We could wait and see. We could tie him or shut him up in the corncrib or some place till we know for sure!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But no joke—for sure, any minute now, my head will truly explode. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Not even Goodwife Peregrine—who was the oldest person in our village—knew for sure. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to get out of there, but I knew I couldn’t move or the group would start a fight and set me up for expulsion, for sure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not if one of the things you know for sure is that everyone you’re going up against is better than you. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The mess there felt disordered, for sure, but it also felt different—comfortable almost. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z When I came back into the clearing, I knew for sure that she was gone. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “They’ll radio down reinforcements for sure. I don’t want to be trapped into fighting on that river.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Because I brought nail polish so we can paint our names on the back of the turtles. That way, you’ll know for sure that it was mine when it wins.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that I don’t want to be in the same league as them—hell, I don’t even want to be in the same ballpark. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t paying enough attention. I might have missed more than one pill. I don’t even know for sure.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Edna had said, but you could tell that she cared for sure. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “No. Actually, they haven’t returned my emails or calls, so I don’t know for sure. But I’m pretty sure they went with someone else by now. They said they wanted to fill the position quickly.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The cops see a brother running at night, they pick him up for sure. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z But when my eyes opened and I saw the ceiling, I knew for sure I was awake. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “These were hers for sure. She had Cinderella feet.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ll have the most boring stall for sure, same as last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I’d thought for sure that his eyes would jump immediately to the swirls on the cover, that he’d break into his familiar smile and hurry over to have a closer look. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Rachel I could only despise more if I knew for sure which way to direct my ire, presumably South Africa, where I guess she’s finally hit paydirt with her exceeding whiteness and mercenary husband. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s now. She wouldn’t go home for it. She went to Mumbai, maybe. I don’t know for sure.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Well, you was hungry for sure,” said Marlene as she cleared away the plates. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The graffiti doesn’t look particularly like Margo’s, but it’s hard to tell for sure. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Oh, boy.There was something going on here, for sure. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I never went to find him on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, because I was happier believing he was there than finding out for sure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The first person I see for sure is Mr. Prentiss Jr., in the lead, firing his rifle into the air when he don’t have nothing else to shoot at. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She gave a little snuffle and I thought for sure she was fixing to cry, but she just said, “I hope he knowed how beautiful his girls look when they free.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Oh, if only there were a way of telling for sure whether a woman was a witch or not, then we could round them all up and put them in the meat-grinder. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z That is probably true even if you live to be ninety— although I’m jealous of the people who get to find out for sure. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z They thought for sure the Committee men were right behind me with guns and vicious hearts and fists willing to hit a five-year-old. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Right away then, the guy would know for sure that I wasn't going to take a sock at him, and he probably would've said, "Listen. Let's get this straight. Are you calling me a thief?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I mean, I don’t know this for sure, but that’s what it feels like, so I do what he says just in case. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z If only I had my watch, then I would know for sure. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “The paper is pretty thin and I can’t see any marks. But it’s impossible to say for sure.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I knew she was hoping that there’d be a telegram, telling us that all was well and he’d see us for sure on the twentieth. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “One thing’s for sure, I’ll never be able to sit through dull old Major League Baseball again.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see for sure, but one of the robots looked like—looked like—it was! I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “She’ll school you in the Lindy, for sure,” he calls with a chuckle that makes me wonder if this was part of his plan all along. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting silently, I knew for sure that I did not want to leave this place ever again, no matter what Mother decided. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “That was a drippy lady, for sure. But that ain’t what it means. It means lots of fancy parties and lots of the young gentlemen coming around. It means having lots of beaux.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “So does that mean Grandpa is alive for sure?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Think about it. They hadn’t even left yet. How could they have gotten back already? They didn’t even know for sure whether they would get back.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z All I knew for sure was that if I never saw Zu wear those gloves again, it would be too soon. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Mom, it’s going to be all right I don’t even know for sure if I’ll end up talking in the trial anyway.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I was supposed to have been at Rachel’s all night long—they weren’t expecting me, that’s for sure. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He brooded over this so much that he came to the conclusion that it would be a relief if he knew for sure that this was so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: they had to be rich to move into that house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And I don’t know for sure if this is where I can find my mother—but I also know it’s the only clue I have. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t go and check on a regular sister, that’s for sure. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I know for sure is that this is as low as I can get in my life as a maid, and probably in most other lives as well. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man...I don’t know. A pretty long time. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when, but it got much worse after Olga died. I know that for sure.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One thing I knew for sure: If I wanted any chance of this year being the best ever, I had to figure out a way to avoid Conner at all costs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Well...I don’t know the answer to that, not for sure.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z But no one knows for sure, which is why it’s a mystery of science. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Eleven years old, ten years, thereabouts—there was no one now to tell for sure. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before they went to England, for sure, since they didn’t even have the same friends in London. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, I been looking for answers, that special something to make everything all right. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ll be in trouble for sure. And so will I.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure: One way or another, if my ’rents didn’t veto the entire shebang, it was going to be important. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can't answer that for sure. But remember, we made a lunar lander from scratch in seven years." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But one thing's for sure: My plan to arrive on Sol 494 is boned. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But I know for sure that she just about fell out of that white car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Come on, Al. You don’t know how the Dauntless-borns did. You don’t know anything for sure.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t know for sure who messed it up,” I tell him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If that didn’t get somebody’s attention, they were lost for sure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was no mistaking that tone—it was Momma for sure. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We stand there, staring at each other, for what could be a full minute, though I don’t really know for sure, seeing as I’m too afraid to actually count out the seconds. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “You don’t know that for sure. It’s dangerous to make assumptions.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know what a philosopher did for sure, but her laughing messed me up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, I couldn’t tell for sure if the blog was Daviss. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I mean how can you tell about that stuff for sure? The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure: there was no way I was going to ask one of those idiots to help me out with my swimming. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t know for sure,” Shady answered, speaking as one with a few shadows of his own. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I thought for sure I’d get at least a thirty-nine with that extra credit problem about the two trains. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The day I found out she was in the family way, I finally knew for sure they had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, there in Alice Manfred’s doorway, she stood, toes pointing in, hair braided, not even smiling but welcoming him in for sure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t sound good, that’s for sure, and it makes me worry about a wave coming over the stern. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “And a Less Fortunate, too. That’s for sure. Are you looking for a home?” the preacher asked, real soft, to Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather looked startled, then pleased, I think, although I couldn’t tell for sure. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “All right, then. But for sure today. I’m really getting uncomfortable about keeping secrets from them. And I want your parents to set up a proper account for you.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z One thing I had learned for sure: You could not win when it came to class Insecta, order Lepidoptera. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t eat any more potato salad after that, that’s for sure.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The weather was holding out, that was for sure. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He doesn't know for sure that we've seen him; he might not even be talking to us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Six or seven hundred bucks sounded better than one hundred fifty, that was for sure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z However, no one seemed to know for sure what his name actually was. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew for sure that I couldn’t tell ’bout Robert. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “If I’m gone, Sierra, he’ll kill all of us. He’ll kill you for sure. He’s been talking about it all night. Believe me! He’s the one that made me do all of this.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I can tell that for sure, now that I’m touching it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My inclination is that he forgave the people who had wronged him, but I don’t know for sure. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mary Elizabeth told me she thought that Patrick asked her to put the photograph in the issue so Brad could have a photograph of him without it being suspicious, but he wouldn’t say for sure. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the stupid easy stuff I was used to getting from my teachers, that’s for sure. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z She whispered, “This is beautiful. This is an A-plus for sure.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But for sure we will finish up faster than that. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I mean, a Kindly One in the schooll Now that we know for sure, and they know too—” “We would only make matters worse by rushing him,” Mr. Brunner said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And it always posts in a place where any old body can look it up and know for sure if they hit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s never really octopus, but that’s the only thing we know for sure. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “We didn’t know for sure! This time, we do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z No one knew for sure, least of all the girl herself, who knew no home and no mother and no name but Brat and never had. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure: There would be no family for Terryl, no marriage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Only one thing for sure: it’s not coming from my house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He should drop one wife, I guess, but for sure he’d drop the older one, and she already looks sad enough as it is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing I know for sure, mistakes will never, ever be the definition of who we truly are. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And then the Joker—a strange one for sure. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “You said yourself that you think he’s innocent. I want to know for sure.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “You don’t know for sure? What if you have brothers and sisters? Or cousins, like me and Otto?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Buphead, I thought for sure when I got up this morning that my Ups was working fine, and now when I feel ’em like this they still seem like they movin’ just right. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach was trying out different combinations of players, and although he didn’t say it, he was evaluating who was going to be a starter for sure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Coach West blows her whistle again, and I for sure don’t want to get in trouble, so I give Yolanda a little wave and keep running. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I pivot abruptly and walk to the library, because I know for sure my English exam is real Real Life. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Not forever, maybe—not forever, for sure—and not figuratively. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Then you can’t say for sure that it belongs to either of my clients, is that right?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And for sure I never would have done what I was about to do. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then, when I turned back to the board, I heard it again, and this time I knew for sure that it was Dylan. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As time passed in the darkness of my hiding place, the one thing I knew for sure was that as Bear had helped to free me, he had given me life. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z You would die out there for sure—shredded by a cougar or thudded with a tomahawk or just left to wander to a stumbling, confounded death. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This was the end of her career for sure, but suddenly that didn’t seem so important because her ribs were aching, and she had a blinder of a pressure headache coming on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I knew for sure there were a lot of them I’d rather pluck off of that line than mine. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z |
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