How to Use something of in a Sentence

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  • The Align Pants, which launched in 2015, have something of a cult.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • This is something of a make-or-break season for him with the Rangers.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The way Anohni opens her new album comes as something of a shock.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 31 July 2023
  • There was always something of the prep-school kid about him — combined with the rebel.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Perlin’s life has been something of a sine wave as well.
    — Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
  • That made Season 6, at least at the start, something of a relief.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In fact, the South Africa native made something of a Freudian slip.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • But in the One Bite world, Dave Portnoy and the pizza are something of a package deal.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The new medium was something of a mystery back then, even in her own home.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Hernández will still be something of a project for the Dodgers’ hitting staff.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Because that's what happened to me, which is something of a TV first.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 16 June 2024
  • That survey was something of a swipe at the Club for Growth, which is backing Mooney to the tune of $10 million.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 May 2023
  • The company’s shares are down about 9.5% year to date, but have been on something of a rebound for the past month.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • The disease is caused by a parasite that is something of a shape-shifter.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Ballers initially hoped to play at Laney College, which was something of a twist.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • For the next few days, the disabled ship became something of a tourist attraction of its own.
    — John Ramos and Betty Yu, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • Saddam Hussein had deprived the Shiites of what was something of a holy land to them.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • According to the chairman of one of the U.K.’s biggest chains, the trend has become something of a white-collar crime.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Still, many of us acknowledge that those first silver strands can come as something of a shock.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The plan to end the show came as something of a surprise to the man who runs the franchise, chief content officer Scott M. Gimple.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 May 2023
  • The steady progression of their joint public outings has reached something of a fever pitch this month.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But the testimony, while striking, was something of a sideshow to the trial’s main event.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • The destination is proving to be something of a home-from-home for the fashion pack from across the Channel.
    — Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Hulu is something of a latecomer to the stand-up game among the big streaming services.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
  • And so, there appears to be something of a standstill at a time when the industry can ill afford it.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That’s the beauty of it because perhaps all of us see something of ourselves in many of the characters.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Glass is having something of a moment, thanks in no small part to the Swipe bags Dupont and Box created for Coperni’s fall 2022 show.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Now, these wines are something of an endangered species.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The tacos: Given that lobster is still considered something of a delicacy, these tacos are on the pricier end of food truck fare.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • So, surf helmet use is by no means unprecedented, but it’s never been common, which is why seeing nearly half of the surfers at the Olympics feels like something of a sea change moment.
    — Brent Rose, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024

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