The phrase "a sort of fairy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that has qualities reminiscent of a fairy, often in a whimsical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "She had a sort of fairy charm that captivated everyone at the party."
Alternatives: "a kind of fairy" or "a type of fairy".
For us, it was a sort of fairy tale.
As a sort of fairy godmother of web series, what are her rules for creating the stuff people want to watch?
Ms. Young has twisted this bedtime story into a sort of fairy tale of self that spills out in a messy, prop-strewn space, bordered on three sides by walls of hanging white streamers.
Until then, the ramifications of Francie's purported reappearance are allowed to evolve stealthily, mutably -- at one moment she's an angel of death, at others a ghost or a sort of fairy godmother.
(1961; "O Cybernetic Fairy"), Belli creates a number of pseudoclassical figures to whom he addresses his complaints: these include Fisco, the god of income; and the Hada Cibernética ("The Cybernetic Fairy"), a sort of fairy godmother who represents technological advances that would relieve humans of their drudgery.
Palin has been acting as a sort of fairy godmother for O'Donnell, propelling her candidacy by endorsing her and recording radio spots and robocalls in the primary race against Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del).. Since the win, Palin has repeatedly gone to bat for O'Donnell and defended her against criticism from the media and even other Republicans.
"The mall has become a sort of fairy-tale land.
The Prix Goncourt was awarded to Amin Maalouf, a French writer of Lebanese origin, for Le Rocher de Tanios, a sort of oriental fairy tale blending history and legend.
Like McDonagh's earlier, similarly gleeful and macabre yarns — "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," "The Cripple of Inishmaan," and "The Lonesome West" — "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" is a sort of cautionary fairy tale for our toxic times.
He burst on to the political scene last year, following years of quiet philanthropy in which he had paid for police uniforms, restored crumbling churches and gave salaries to actors and struggling artists, a sort of Georgian fairy godmother.
