after a sort
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"What's to be done, 'Enery?" 'e ses, after a sort of sickly pawse.
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
Now, there had been an undertaking, after a sort, made by the Dean,—a compact with his daughter contracted in a jocose fashion,—which in the existing circumstances was like to prove troublesome.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
Dinner found his host in no better humour, and after a sort of Quakers' meeting of an evening, they parted heartily sick of each other.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
She had accepted his offer while another offer was still dragging on an existence after a sort, and she had not herself been the first to tell him of these circumstances.
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
As early as 1578, this tale was dramatized after a sort by George Whetstone, and was published as The History of Promos and Cassandra.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson
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