all-sorts
plural noun
a mixture, esp a mixture of liquorice sweets
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all sorts
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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 Rohmer, Sax
"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 Collins, Wilkie
The Doctor, he fried up a dish of all-sorts in his happiest manner and took it around in a cheerful voice.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace
He found the bar-room crowded, but not with the usual Regatta Night throng of all-sorts.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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 Cambridge, Ada
“You’ve got all of this uncertainty around Iran, this uncertainty around Fed guidance to some extent. There’s all sorts of other noise in markets,” Goldberg said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
But companies pay for all sorts of services aimed at getting them fast information.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
There are all sorts of reasons borrowers across wealth levels fall behind on their dues, from financial stress to administrative oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Anecdotes and analysis are interspersed with photos of all sorts of sofas and couches, calling into question ideas about where and how we find respite and support — or not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
I looked at the sky, feeling all sorts of wriggling anxious thoughts, but even I knew it was getting too dark to go tonight.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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