of sorts

Idioms

Also, of a sort. Of a kind, especially a mediocre or somewhat different kind. For example, He was wearing a jacket of sorts but no tie, or They established a constitutional government of a sort. [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

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Less than a month into the season, Reddick has established his own three-peat of sorts, the likes of which has never been seen before in NASCAR.

From Los Angeles Times

There were ten total, little cubbies carved out of the very rock of the mountain to make bunk beds of sorts.

From Literature

A revolution of sorts is in the making.

From MarketWatch

When Nebraska starting point guard Sam Hoiberg drew a second foul that sent him to the bench midway through the half, USC took advantage, forcing six turnovers in five minutes from a Cornhuskers offense that suddenly looked out of sorts.

From Los Angeles Times

In the new San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, along with learning job skills and earning degrees, incarcerated men can do their own laundry, make their own meals, and interact with guards as mentors and colleagues of sorts, once a taboo kind of relationship in the us-and-them world of incarceration.

From Los Angeles Times

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