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UK
/ʃˈɔːnəs/
]
NOUN
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freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
she spoke with authority
his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
after that failure he lost his confidence -
the quality of being steady and unfailing
sureness of hand
How To Use sureness In A Sentence
- In moments where his air of mystery is challenged he loses that cocksureness. How Rinse FM, the radio station behind Dizzee Rascal and Katy B, keeps it salty
- We hope he would navigate between the amoral realism of some in his party and the counterproductive cocksureness of the current administration, especially in its first term. Not in My Backyard
- The president let that slip away, deepening divisions by adopting a my-way-or-the-highway cocksureness on both domestic and foreign affairs.
- The overwhelming majesty of my cocksureness failed to persuade.
- Duarte Ribeiro, Francisco Braga, and Teofilo Costa were cheerful companions and took him to the border and directly to the temporary camp of the Spanish guerrillero leader with a sureness that suggested a long familiarity with the rugged hills and the deep clefts of ravines that tended all to look alike to Captain Blake. Beyond the Sunrise
- The troubles and disasters the country has met do not stem from threats by others, but from its own cocksureness and arrogance.
- Hip hop is a kingdom built on braggadocio, with swagger and cocksureness as the foundations.
- Kissing my mother and padding her bosom, carrying a banal effervescent cocksureness, he kicked his boots to the center of the room, and whisked her up the stairs. Carolina Grüber: I
- Forgive my asking; your voice lacks something I've nearly always noticed in the English a kind of -- 'comment cela s'appelle' -- cocksureness, coming from your nation's greatest quality. The Island Pharisees
- Now he emulated the ease of their calloused old fingers, their sureness and strength, and most of all, their patience. THE BROKEN GOD