Sentence examples for a sort of grade from inspiring English sources
Under the proposed deal with Mr. Cuomo, a rating agency would charge fees in stages for various analytical tasks — not just the rating, which acts as a sort of grade for investors.
This maxim, which was inspired by an unrewarding few hours with "Disaster Preparedness," by Heather Havrilesky, is really a response to a broader problem, a sort of grade inflation for life experiences.
Ashley's mother, Mariluz Otero, 25, brought Ashley to Pier 17 for a sort of grade-school intervention: She worried that Ashley was starting to believe that there was no such thing as Santa Claus.
One way and another, this was so effective that he eventually became "a national treasure, a sort of grade-one-listed author .Ransome lived from 1884 to 1967 and there were three distinct parts to his life.
Maybe from the friction caused by nervously squirming around in my chair, a sort of sixth grade PTSD.
YOUR UNCERTAINTY Most couples reckon with a sort of low-grade, long-term economic uncertainty that comes when so many people around them are losing their jobs.
Julie Andrews rescued the movie with a sort of weapons-grade gladness, her performance turning on that rare ability to present risible material with absolute conviction.
If you're like me, you have been following the debate over the so-called fiscal cliff with a sort of low-grade headache.
Ever since the problems at the American International Group burst into the consciousness of everyday consumers two months ago, a sort of low-grade fear has set in among policyholders at insurance companies of all kinds.
They looked for biochemical abnormalities in the blood, and, in a paper published on Nov. 11 in The Archives of Internal Medicine, they reported that frailty was associated with increased levels of three proteins that are linked to chronic inflammation, a sort of low-grade response to an infection or irritation of body tissues.
