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Example Sentences

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Down a dark alley, I see guys with some of his friends engaged in a business of some sort.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's sort of in your best interest and in the team's interest to keep your mouth shut," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“It was always something of interest to me, outer space and rockets and that sort of stuff.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Advocates of originalism say this sort of backward-looking reasoning is the only way to prevent modern judges or legislatures from abridging individual rights ratified in the Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Then, in a slightly strained tone: “Should I be worried that a similar sort of accident may befall me?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows