Sentence examples for kept something of a from inspiring English sources

But he still has kept something of a boy".

Obama himself, while endorsing Barrett over Walker, kept something of a distance from the Wisconsin recall efforts.

Due to their greater population density and expectation that they would one day be allowed to return to Korea, the Sakhalin Koreans have kept something of a sojourner mentality rather than a settler mentality, which influenced their relation to the surrounding society; even today, they tend to speak much better Korean than those who were deported to Central Asia.

There is reason for him to keep something of a low profile.

Mr. Moverman, working in digital and with the great cinematographer Bobby Bukowski, keeps something of a visual chokehold on Dave right from the start.

Even here, the chefs tried to keep something of an African theme.

Only the whimsical Stephen Jones bird's nest hats, light but flat on the head, kept something of the former romantic silliness.

But, at the same time, his education and childhood in North Africa meant he always kept something of that time when men were particularly macho".

We decided to make only fleeting stops in these and to concentrate on smaller towns — Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Plyos and Suzdal — all of which have kept something of their pre-Soviet character.

Ms. Green kept something of that childlike, fairy-tale theatricality running throughout her dance, as the four women shed their cloaks to reveal stylish jewel-toned short dresses (by Sera-Kim Huenergard).

How would you feel if your spouse announced he or she had kept something of this magnitude from you, while at the same time letting their sibling in on the secret?