after a fashion
Example Sentences
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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
But even if we’re meant to view our woolly antagonists as sheeple, after a fashion, “The Sheep Detectives” culminates on an optimistic note for both the four-legged and the two.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
It’s not writing, but after a fashion, it is creating.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023
It also replicates, after a fashion, some of the crediting issues many TikTok creators have protested.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
The Party histories might still be true, after a fashion; they might even be completely true.
From "1984" by George Orwell
