Example sentences for: sure-fire

How can you use “sure-fire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This is sure-fire material, and Lee structures it deftly, leaving us in the dark until the end as to why Jake--a manifestly decent, soft-spoken, cagey fellow, gorgeously underplayed by Washington--ended up in prison in the first place.

  • They also agree that its poor reviews (for a weak plot, characters, and dialogue) were overpowered by its shrewd timing (theaters showed it because no other big movies were out), legendary pedigree (everyone loved Jurassic Park ), and sure-fire premise (dinosaurs, which kids can't seem to get enough of).

  • It's "a sure-fire way to fall behind," he explains, using the language not of a pulpit but of a Planned Parenthood clinic.

  • Take their high expectations against shoddy machine or network performance and you've got a sure-fire recipe for office rage.

  • Little girls learn this sure-fire posture-improver very early in life.


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