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• all-sorts
  all-sorts

  plural noun

  a mixture, esp a mixture of liquorice sweets
• all sorts
  all sorts

  see all kinds.

all-sorts

British  

plural noun

1. a mixture, esp a mixture of liquorice sweets

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all sorts Idioms  

1. see all kinds.

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Example Sentences

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all-sorts all sorts

"Quite a bundle of all-sorts on the opposite counter there," I said to the woman, as I paid her for the candles.

From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins

He found the bar-room crowded, but not with the usual Regatta Night throng of all-sorts.

From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Of course he had been sent to live at the "men's hut" amongst the all-sorts that at shearing season crowd that unsavoury abode.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge

Well, she was engaged to a man named Duncan: he was a widower with three or four children; he had the all-sorts shop down the village, only he moved last year.

From Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey

We've got six or eight all-sorts, some awake and some asleep, but I suppose we shall have to let 'em go again.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer

ISO brings together experts from across the globe to help agree on the proper way all sorts of things should be made or managed.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

The adoption of generative AI is having a profound effect on all sorts of companies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I think there are all sorts of opportunities - style-mogging, height-mogging, car-mogging," says Thorne.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Maybe,” she said, “owning a sequoia is like walking a dog. It introduces you to all sorts of people you might not meet otherwise.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

This is why, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, my bed is littered with all sorts of craft project supplies: felt, glitter, glue, scissors, hole punch, sequins, and stars.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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