The phrase "a sort of imprint" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or suggests an imprint, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The artist's work left a sort of imprint on the community, influencing future generations of creators."
Alternatives: "a kind of mark" or "a type of impression."
What happened was rather a sort of imprinting, and it had happened once before, when John Lennon's celestial, sexy, angry and exquisitely pitched shouts raised the hair on the back of my 5-year old neck — assuming I had any — changing me forever.
They stand today as a sort of fossilized imprint of the battle lines.
In "Citizen Kane," images seemed unchained, a sort of immediate imprint of the imagination and a mighty music that didn't so much tell a story as display his mercurial emotions.
What sort of imprint will Coach Al Groh try to put on the team before the inevitable looming shadow of Bill Parcells threatens to engulf him?
I've had family members deal with some serious medical issues so I've spent time in intensive care units - they are surreal places, those, and they sort of imprint on your consciousness so all those details remained fresh.
With recent news that Galleria has been bought out by (surprise!) condo developers, I spent the day there to see what sort of imprint it would leave before being torn down.
The guys over at the legendary Golf Channel imprint packaged together a sort of should-have-been-greatest hits back in 2013.
The Modern Library imprint awed me, as though it were a sort of guarantee or the password of some exclusive set.
Thus it was imprinted upon me very young that a "president" is a sort of evil robot accountant who has been bitten by a radioactive awkward liar.
As scientists improve their ability to manipulate the genome, will a market might emerge for people who want to imprint quotes into their own DNA, or even their children's, as a sort of genetic tattoo?
