kind of

Idioms  

1. Also, sort of. Rather, somewhat, as in I'm kind of hungry, or The bird looked sort of like a sparrow. [Colloquial; c. 1800] This usage should not be confused with a kind of or a sort of, which are much older and refer to a borderline member of a given category (as in a kind of a shelter or a sort of a bluish color). Shakespeare had this usage in Two Gentlemen of Verona (3:1): “My master is a kind of a knave.” Also see of a kind.

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Example Sentences

"I'm just really proud and really happy to see my dad because experiencing and living these kind of things, it was his dream when he was playing tennis," Alcaraz said.

From BBC

“It kind of is just pattern recognition,” said Chung, who said he grew up watching a lot of sports and became familiar with how announcers talk.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m always in it for the long run. I mean, you know, shoot, yeah, that’s kind of the way it works.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I could feel and hear this kind of dramatic change coming,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Recent research suggests that when huge numbers of particles interact inside certain materials, a kind of internal geometry can emerge.

From Science Daily

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