The phrase "a sort of bat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that resembles or has characteristics of a bat, but is not exactly a bat.
Example: "The creature we found in the attic was a sort of bat, with large wings and a furry body, but it had a unique coloration."
Alternatives: "a type of bat" or "a kind of bat".
By acting as a sort of bat-signal for the movement, Netta and Deray have gained a national profile earlier this year, Fortune ranked the pair at No. 11 on its list of the World's Greatest Leaders, 12 spots ahead of Elon Musk.
Thrilled to be back, thrilled you waited... and we'll make it up to you! Here's something special right off the bat, a sort-of "welcome back" gift: a car collector friend of mine has opened his own private museum in Southern California focusing on his collection, probably the world's best, of fantastically-styled pre- and post-War French cars.
The Illuminator project started up during the height of Occupy Wall Street in New York City in 2012, when someone suggested the movement needed a sort of Batman-like "bat-signal".
"The bats have a sort of radar". At least the bats are less hassle than the badgers, she added.
WESTON We struck up a sort of friendship right off the bat, and I think it had to do with his passion for the project.
It was an extraordinary film in which he used two Jewish rappers from the adjacent town of Bat Yam as a sort of alter ego or Greek chorus to express his sense of being an outsider - not because he is an Arab, but because of his personality.
And he's the perfect guy to own a bat-shaped MP3 player because, hey, pretty much everything he owns is bat-shaped or has some sort of bat logo.
"Above the windows, it has this sort of bat wing motif going on.
Clark notoriously roamed his school's halls with a baseball bat and became a sort of icon for those hoping to wrest control of the nation's most troubled schools.
You think about batting averages – it's a sort of normal distribution, right?
