This investment is a sure thing. The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.

Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.

They aren't completely sure who will attend.

c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III
The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.

I presum'd […] [that] you had been sure, as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.

"Did you kill that bear yourself?" ―"I sure did!"

These high and gusty relishes of life, sure,
Have no allayings of mortality in them.

"Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."

"Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."

"Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."

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