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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sort of point" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to indicate that something is not exactly a point but has some characteristics of one, often in a vague or informal context.
Example: "In the discussion, she made a sort of point about the importance of teamwork, though it wasn't very clear."
Alternatives: "kind of point" or "type of point".
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There is a sort of point of view that runs through the album.
He continued: "I think Brexit marks a sort of point at which that vision is, I don't know, too big an ambition.
Proust's breathier sensitivities made him pant after the nobility, such as the Duchesse de Guermantes, who made it a sort of point of good breeding when she was with a poet or a musician to talk only of the food that they were eating or the game of cards to which they would afterwards sit down….
Proust's breathier sensitivities made him pant after the nobility, such as the Duchesse de Guermantes, who made it a sort of point of good breeding when she was with a poet or a musician to talk only of the food that they were eating or the game of cards to which they would afterwards sit down...
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There is a sort-of serious point being made.
It points to a sort of saturation point for apps, in terms of everyday use.
The spot may have been a sort of choke point for travelers journeying across the northern European plain.
"This is a sort of tipping point," he said.
Ms. Chlumsky turns up as a sort of third point in a semi-romantic triangle.
As a sort of exclamation point on the contract, the Jets also named Holmes their captain.
"I always see it from a sort of storytelling point of view.
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