Sentence examples for kept in a sort from inspiring English sources

"Wheaton College in Illinois [a Christian arts college] bought his wardrobe and, even though it's a non-smoking campus, they bought his pipes, to be kept in a sort of reliquary".

It seems relatively well kept, in a sort of get-off-my-lawn, Neighbourhood Watch kind of way, and for the same reason also fairly dull.

The unused seed is kept in a gray metal index card file, sorted alphabetically.

Key indicators of forced labour are that a person cannot leave or refuse a situation, and that they are effectively kept in that situation through some sort of threats, deception or coercion.

Her legendary collection of jewels was kept in a filing cabinet, sorted alphabetically: "A" for amethysts, "B" for beryls, "D" for diamonds.

A Moses Lake, Wash., boy, upset that he'd been grounded, is accused of shooting his parents with what police called a "family weapon"—a.22 caliber revolver kept in "a gun cabinet of sorts".

The I.D. was kept in a bright plastic folder, the sort of thing that a young girl might carry.

It was kept in some sort of a jam jar until it broke, and a cultus formed around it.

But I was happy to see his spirit kept alive in a sort of respectful way that brought all the gladiators back together (even if it was just for a moment, although let's be honest: they're all gonna come back together eventually).

"It is obviously a disappointing result, but I think it should be kept in some sort of context," Conservative Chairman Norman Fowler said.

He'd had a crush on her for years, and the two of them had kept in touch sort of casually, and I'd always known her as this sort of mythical unicorn creature and I'd always felt a little bit threatened.