The phrase "a sort of background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that serves as a context or setting for a situation, idea, or event.
Example: "The painting had a sort of background that evoked a sense of nostalgia and warmth."
Alternatives: "a kind of backdrop" or "a type of context".
"We have a sort of background view that young people and future generations have been rather..
One had been brought up not to show off and so it was a sort of background thing.
Set in the wake of the original Killzone, Mercenary sits as a sort of background story to the war against the Nazi-like Helghast armies.
Josh: I think there's a sort of background radiation of environmental awareness that has been building up over our lifetimes, so if you're open to that you look for opportunities to be more sustainable.
The small ones are a sort of background, and it is shown that the probability of them impinging close enough to a large particle crater to cause malfunction of the tape is negligible.
Because it's always on and depends on the cloud to handle queries and various applications, it can become a sort of background computer for users with larger homes.
The contextualization of a cognitive experience, a sort of setting or background, is essential to direct and facilitate learners to recall pre-existing ideas, to connect those to the new ones, and to move from common to scientific perspective.
They sell access to life and other insurance companies, which ask applicants to grant them permission to do a sort of medical background check.
The final design reflects the company's desire that the Myo should become a sort of persistent, background wearable that we have on always and that can freely interact with any number of devices we encounter in our daily lives.
I'm there as a sort of grey background while the others do all the sparky stuff.
That is, when we look at nature, we are more likely to recognize the diversity of animals and only acknowledge plants as a sort of "green background".
