6 sentences with 'sort'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sort and other words derived from it.
• « The boulder emitted a sort of groan, which was followed by the terrifying sound of rocks moving against each other. The jack could not safely lift the boulder. »
• « The Jesuits were founded by Ignatius of Loyola (1491 - 1556), a sort of Catholic counterpart to Luther or Calvin, in 1540. »
• « In fact, Hume went so far as to suggest that belief in a God who resembled some sort of omnipotent version of a human being, with a personality, intentions and emotions, was simply an expression of primitive ignorance and fear in early human history, as people sought an explanation for a bewildering universe. »
• « Even though the Ottoman Empire was a nominal ally of the members of the Holy Alliance and an official part of the Congress System, and even though the Greek uprising was precisely the sort of thing the Holy Alliance had been organised to prevent, Europeans soon flocked to support the rebellion. »
• « We all watched in silence as the dolphins performed a sort of solemn funeral procession, living proof of the unconditional loyalty of the dolphins to each other. It almost seemed to me that the corpse of the newborn was being carried into the deep water to be buried at sea. »