How to Use sort in a Sentence
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The restaurant—housed in a glass greenhouse of sorts—is packed to the brim.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
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And instead, the judge picked a middle ground of sorts.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
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Lala Kent starts to send an olive branch of sorts to Rachel in the premiere.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
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This will be a home game of sorts for the lad from Southport, England . . .
—Jim Hoban, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
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In that way, this No. 1 feels like a coronation of sorts.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2023
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As for me and my mother, the end of the Colombian siege was a goodbye of sorts for us as well.
—Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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But perhaps a set-up for a sequel or spinoff of some sort.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
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The new version of the track serves as a revision of sorts to the original.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 26 May 2023
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The first room is vast and breathable, with almost no clothes, a foyer of sorts.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 27 July 2023
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Diddy ends the song with a monologue, of sorts, which feels like a prayer set to music.
—Felice León, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023
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And it's been a homecoming of sorts for the Green family.
—Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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Going back to our food court convo, this appears to be a food court, of sorts.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
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That might not be the most sound solution for a team facing a rebuild of sorts.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
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The Crimson Tide have No. 17 Tennessee on the docket in a revenge game of sorts.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
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And there's a workaround, of sorts: requesting the desktop version of a site.
—Justin Pot, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
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Fans use the gate as a pillar of sorts, with ropes hooked onto it for extra support.
—Diego Nicolás Argüello, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
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Peace of a sort may be at hand between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 10 Aug. 2023
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Gideon Lichfield: Not to give away spoilers, but there is a happy ending of sorts.
—Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 19 July 2023
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Hell’s Belles marks a reteaming of sorts, at least on the development front, for Harrington and the pair.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
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Each kit comes with a large photo covering the items so there’s a reveal, of sorts, for your kiddo.
—Simone Scully, Parents, 12 Oct. 2023
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Barr’s departure from the United States is a homecoming of sorts for him.
—Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
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Indeed, for a Dodgers club poised to use a patchwork pitching plan in the playoffs, Tuesday offered a stress test of sorts.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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The driving factors are complex and varied, but experts seemed to agree that Africa is at a crossroads of sorts.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023
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Last October was the starting gun in a whole new race between the U.S. and China, and this summer marked a midway point of sorts.
—Rachel Shin, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2023
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A lot of times, abnormal lip colors are more than meets the eye—they’re also about a reclamation of sorts.
—Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023
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This formalized what was long the tradition in baseball and has helped lead to a renaissance of sorts.
—Jason Parker, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
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Bryson Barnes, a Utah folk hero of sorts, also remains in the quarterback room — and Whittingham has relied on him in the past in big games.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
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In an attempt to communicate with her dead mom, she and a school friend, Katherine (Olivia O’Neill), go into the woods to conduct a séance of sorts.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
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Kingfield In the winter months, Kingfield comes alive as a ski town of sorts, situated next door to the famed Sugarloaf Mountain.
—Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
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Acknowledging a kinship of sorts, motorcyclists gave frequent thumbs-up to the Morgan, claiming the three-wheeler as one of their own.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
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How to go about sorting right from wrong won’t have changed.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
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Then, a team of 10 people had to sort all of the gems in order to coat the piece’s bracelet, bezel, dial, and crown.
—Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
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With Paramount+, your list can only be sorted by the date added.
—Jonathon Norcross, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
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And even as deputies tried to sort out who’d gone missing, a fight broke out among the inmates.
—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
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The version of you that is flush with cash picks up the tab and sorts high to low without a second’s thought.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Dive in, start sorting, and plan a yard, eBay or Etsy sale.
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
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There will be much for Hur and his team to sort out in the investigation.
—Dan Balz, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
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Espinoza sorted and packed nuts until the birth of her fifth child.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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Toddlers can then sort them by color, or match them to the correct base in the egg carton.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
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Everyone calls it a night to let the family sort it out.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
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Photos show researchers sorting their finds at the site.
—Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
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The food-bank ladies sort the items people have given them, oil here, coffee there, etc.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
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Guiderails are needed to sort out the events that matter enough that replanning should be done.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
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The situation will sort itself out in time, but for now, the Celtics at least have one more tool in their chest with which to work.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
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Banks are also sorting out what this all means to balance sheets.
—John Kell, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
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On a recent morning, a small crew of workers sorted dates on Tadros’ farm.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
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Betteridge closed off the back of the store so Jessie could sort through its jewelry collection.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2023
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Black miners hauling earth and stone to sort piles of radioactive ore by hand.
—Ngofeen Mputubwele, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
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They were sorted and photographed, then compared to known species.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
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People are asked to sort items before bringing them to be shredded.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
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The two met up at the actress’ storage unit in Connecticut and began sorting through her trove of clothes.
—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
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One visit to Zappos’ Gift Guide and that task sorts itself out very quickly.
—Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
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Along with the recycling truck with movable parts, there are sorting bins, three Lego figures, and a cat.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
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This left 422 billionaires, which were then sorted by their birth city.
—Luke MacY, The Enquirer, 25 July 2023
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My hope is that the O-line finally sorts itself out, allowing Mac to step up.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
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The food was brought into a room to be sorted, and then put in the refrigerator later.
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 30 Sep. 2023
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Even the kids are all sorted at home, so this is actually kind of a holiday for me.
—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 5 May 2023
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The dead bulbs are removed from healthy ones in a sorting warehouse after they have been harvested.
—Mike Corder, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
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Additionally, bullet holes were found near a sorting ramp and a corkboard attached to a wall.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
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