He was young, yet he seemed to lack the energies and certainty of youth.

The situation was made worse because of lacking legal certainty and corruption that deterred foreign investors from investing in new reserves in Indonesia.

"No," he said, but the word lacked certainty.

"So am I," he said, but his tone lacked certainty, and he stared mournfully at the glowing wall as if trying to pull back the image of his granddam.

Burned by their experience with natural gas plants, and lacking certainty about the future direction of the market, investors shied from building new power plants.

Replays seemed to lack certainty.

But he lacked certainty about it.

I have come to you," explained Cranston, "because the matter still lacks certainty; moreover, it is somewhat personal.

Hybrid clouds lack the flexibility, security and certainty of in-house applications.

Swan turned the wheel two more spokes but his movements lacked certainty: he was clearly nervous.