The phrase "a sort of representative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone or something that serves as a typical example or embodiment of a particular group or category.
Example: "She is a sort of representative for the local artists, showcasing their work at various exhibitions."
Alternatives: "a kind of representative" or "a type of representative".
The long goodbye It's her party ReprintsSecond, the British authorities firmly discouraged the setting up of any sort of representative political structure or leadership, preferring to deal with traditional "notables" or with religious institutions created for the purpose.
In Scott Moncrieff's translation, Verdurin is "a sort of accredited representative in Paris of all foreign artists... an aged Fairy Godmother, grim but all-powerful, to the Russian dancers".
Through such songs (as well as through his life and persona), Jackson became a sort of global representative of the "Other".
Huelskamp, who feuded often with Boehner in the media, became a sort of conservative representative on the Steering Committee, positioning himself to get back on the Agriculture Committee next year.
QUESTION FROM LA READER: How did it come to pass that you became, in the eyes of the Iranian government, a sort of de facto representative of the US, and a part of US-Iranian relations?
And while he shows occasional flashes of anger -- "There is a sort of steel in his voice," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the House Democratic leader from Maryland -- his emotions are always contained.
But the narrative around Mr. Clinton as some sort of representative of a more cooperative age seems a product of calculation and fuzzy memories.
Fejos's drama felt like social science, a sort of ethnographic detailing of the representative habits of a group.
"There is the sense that there is no time to have a sort of laid-back transition," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader.
