Sentence examples for operating as a kind from inspiring English sources

To some extent, that's probably true, but I also think it was operating as a kind of fantasy.

Operating as a kind of consigliere, Johnson directed the occupants of the line to shuffle toward Jeter's car, one by one.

In the two decades since, Mr. Yergin, operating as a kind of one-man think tank, has had a virtual monopoly on the subject of energy and geopolitics.

Operating as a kind of mafia, the militia gangs sell services such as gas to the community at inflated prices, and extract money through extortion and protection rackets.

In the early 17th century, he was the go-to man for portraits, operating as a kind of proto-Cecil Beaton as he toured Europe in his feathered hat, committing to canvas flattering  likenesses of celebrated faces.

The government accused the group of operating as a kind of criminal syndicate, producing melamine in underground factories and then marketing it to dairy farms and milking stations in Hebei Province to adulterate the milk for profit.

The team operates as a kind of investors sans frontieres.

The Mujahideen Services Center, whatever that was, appeared to operate as a kind of Islamist think tank.

"We operated as a kind of couple," Aboutaleb told me recently.

One view is that philanthropy can operate as a kind of penance mechanism.

And his penetrating and lucid intellect operated as a kind of acid bath for received wisdom.