The phrase "a sort of man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone in a vague or general way, often implying that they possess certain qualities or characteristics without being specific.
Example: "He was a sort of man who always put others before himself, embodying kindness and generosity."
Alternatives: "a type of man" or "a kind of man".
Through Jan . 20"You'll shortly make the acquaintance of Mr. Patience Escalier — a sort of man with a hoe, an old Camargue oxherd," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, from the Provençal city of Arles in 1888.
The Golden Dagger is the much-coveted prize awarded by the Crime Writers Association CWAWA) for the best crime fiction novel of the year, a sort of Man Booker for the murdering classes.
(Karen Rosenberg) ★ Frick Collection: 'Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)' (through Jan . 20 "You'll shortly make the acquaintance of Mr. Patience Escalier — a sort of man with a hoe, an old Camargue oxherd," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, from the Provençal city of Arles in 1888.
(Rosenberg) ★ Frick Collection: 'Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)' (through Jan . 20 "You'll shortly make the acquaintance of Mr. Patience Escalier — a sort of man with a hoe, an old Camargue oxherd," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, from the Provençal city of Arles in 1888.
Louboutin considers his shoes as a sort of man-bait: men like high heels, and women like being liked by men.
For some years afterward, atomic energy was understood mainly to be an inconceivably malign force — as the potential source of a sort of man-made equivalent of earthquakes, and worse.
Michael is too dim to understand that Jan is way out of his league; he sees himself as a sort of man-about-town who's not afraid to cry.
There's also a trend in statement cuffs – a sort of man-bangle you wear opposite your designer watch – while a series of gold lockets created by New York designer Kim Kaufman, that start at $14,000 and go up into the hundreds of thousands, have become so popular that she can't keep up with demand.
There are a good many press agents in N.Y. who operate on a sort of man-to-man basis with their clients; Richard Maney, the most prosperous gnome of the lot, is the only one who persistently treats them with genial condescension of an Irish cop addressing a Fifth Avenue doorma n.
In verse; begins: "The Jesuits they are a sort of men". Broadside ; 34 x 24 cm.
