The phrase "a sort of real" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has a quality of being genuine or authentic, but perhaps not entirely so.
Example: "The painting had a sort of real charm that drew everyone in, even if it wasn't a masterpiece."
Alternatives: "kind of genuine" or "somewhat authentic".
American Girl magazine — a sort of Real Simple for the prepubescent set — has a circulation of nearly half a million.
"Even getting sick, if she stays, there are things she can do that will have a sort of real permanent impact on people's lives".
Here is a documentary about an extraordinary episode of outrageous corruption among New York police in the 1980s; a sort of real life counterpart to A Most Violent Year, but without any of the machinations of drama, and a hundred times more appalling.
A sort of "Real World" for drama geeks, it has the best title of the festival, but sadly, that title is not publishable in a family newspaper (for those looking online, it starts with F). 'Bridezilla Strikes Back!' The New York actress and newlywed Cynthia Silver made a big mistake when she agreed to participate in a reality show about brides preparing for weddings.
The easiest way to think about the game is as a sort of real world Monopoly for the iPhone.
With a service like Speedi.ly, those services can create a sort of real time page rank on the fly.
Insiders, who are paid by The Lobby's customers, can give the honest truth about what it's like to work in finance, a sort-of real-life Glassdoor.
For Trump, the constant battles between his aides are a sort of real-life "Survivor" episode.
But the award, a sort of real-life "Project Runway," is not always a harbinger of success.
The '80s brought Penelope Spheeris's "Decline of Western Civilization Part Two: The Metal Years," a sort of real-life "Spinal Tap".
Both the EPA and Definers had maintained the contract was simply for a sort of real-time clip service that would keep officials up to date about media coverage in a round-the-clock news environment.
