of a sort

Idioms  

1. see of sorts.

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Example Sentences

Largely ignored by his parents, he failed to develop normal social skills, but as compensation of a sort, in Mr. Margolick’s words, “with distance came a knack for scrutinizing and mimicking other people.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The families of the missing are now demanding answers and justice, from the new Syria – which held its first parliamentary election, of a sort, earlier this month.

From BBC

"We have hired private investigators and there have been sightings of him, but we have not been given any hard evidence of a sort of residence or location in a certain place," the liquidator says.

From BBC

White supremacist Richard Spencer lauded her as “a fertility goddess of a sort, who stands as a countervailing force to the modern age’s infecundity.”

From Slate

"So I would say to the BBC I think they need to get a grip quicker, get these reports and investigations concluded sooner, otherwise there is a real risk of a sort of loss of confidence in the BBC, which is a shame."

From BBC