of sorts

Idioms  

1. Also, of a sort. Of a kind, especially a mediocre or somewhat different kind. For example, He was wearing a jacket of sorts but no tie, or They established a constitutional government of a sort. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

Among the other changes the league wants are an extended probationary period for new officials, mandatory development for low performers, more access to officials after the Super Bowl — the so-called “dead period” now extends through May 15 — and a practice squad of sorts, an increased number of game officials to develop a deeper bench.

From Los Angeles Times

Is that why Calvin seemed so out of sorts?

From Literature

At the back, there was a breakthrough of sorts for Aston Martin as they finished a race for the first time.

From BBC

Daniel Roher, the man behind the Oscar-winning “Navalny,” has, along with co-director Charlie Tyrell, attempted a nonfiction primer of sorts on the biggest technological, societal and existential challenge of our time with “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” a title boasting a hybrid coinage Roher picks up from one of his interviewed experts — one of too many, it turns out.

From Los Angeles Times

Lichtenberg considers himself an AI alchemist of sorts, because he often has to re-prompt the tools he uses to get the writing and analysis he’s looking for.

From The Wall Street Journal