The phrase "a sort of declaration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that resembles or has the characteristics of a declaration, but may not be an official or formal one.
Example: "The speech was a sort of declaration of his intentions for the future of the company."
Alternatives: "a kind of statement" or "a type of announcement."
Regarding the commercial, which Mr. Bush characterized as an unwarranted assertion that his proposal for a tax cut would endanger Social Security, Mr. Bush began the news conference with a sort of declaration of political war.
A lower court disagreed; the case is now before the Supreme Court.Mr Obama has occasionally resorted to a tactic favoured by his predecessor, George W. Bush, that enraged the left and earned criticism from Mr Obama himself when he was running for president: the signing statement, a sort of declaration of principles issued when a president signs a bill into law.
My new book is not just being read but (to my surprise) being read as a sort of declaration of independence from all these versions of "faith".
My new book is not just being read but (to my surprise) being read as a sort of declaration of independence from all these versions of "faith". What we share is not theology but the reward of the look of unconditional trust and love we see in the eyes of those who know us best.
As a sort-of declaration of sort-of interest, I support this idea of a progressive alliance entirely.
We have a tendency to read it in a simplistic way, and to think of it only as a sort of airy declaration of what were then human rights, and a declaration of separation from England.
But Mr. Shahristani believes that a sort of Kurdish declaration of independence can be read into the move.
Parker Bruce of the Washington Square News stated that the song functions as "a sort of formal declaration and mission statement" for Femme Fatale, saying that "It is not an innovative song, but it is fantastically effective and endlessly enticing with its liberating, toss-your-cares-away, dance-like-a-complete and-utter-fool cathartic chorus, repeatedance-like-a-complete and-utter-foollyrics".
Written in 1657, the Remonstrance is a sort of proto-Declaration of Independence.
In contrast to Judge McLean, Lee does not propose that, if a certain sort of declaration has been issued, interference with a white man's attempt to seize a black man would be illegal.
