kind of

Example Sentences

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“A lot of guys in leather jackets, people in gold sunglasses, not buying anything, just kind of swarming like sharks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“We will tweak the proportions of sections. Some might be bigger, some might be smaller, especially after we open, and kind of see what people are responding to in the neighborhood,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"I think it all kind of happened at once," Davis said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The base was rich, but it lacked the kind of body that makes a chowder feel finished: the subtle thickness, the quiet cohesion.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

‘Who knows? But maybe -it was another kind of test? Not whether you could find the third piece of the Nanuak. But whether you could risk it for a friend.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver