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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

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

"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

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

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

These systems can etch miniscule circuits onto silicon to create microchips that power AI as well as all sorts of everyday electronics.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It’s made stocks extraordinarily expensive on all sorts of measures, and on the flip side, it’s made bonds cheap on many,” Elliott says.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Her agency has fielded all sorts of parenting requests: providing equestrian nannies who travel to tournaments, baby chefs to prepare culturally specific purées for infants, personal stylists for the children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

After a long wait, the doctor pushes around on my stomach, and I tell him all sorts of lies about my symptoms.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron