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
Nevertheless, true crime can be a passive teacher in the same way all entertainment is, after a fashion.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023
“When he was excited, he was excited,” said Ford, who told me that he sometimes got a four-page letter on hotel stationery slipped under his door after a fashion show.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2022
It must have worked, after a fashion - Maxwell Snr later named his private yacht the Lady Ghislaine, rather than after Betty or his three older daughters.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021
As an added discomfort, they were all young, attractive, and well dressed, causing me to feel not unlike Pa Kettle trapped backstage after a fashion show.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
