Sentence examples for something of a trial from inspiring English sources

This is something of a trial run.

Setting up offices was also something of a trial.

'Swingtown,' then, is something of a trial balloon".

It made going up afterwards to talk to the great man something of a trial.

And, at first hearing, it's something of a trial — demanding and arduous, like so much of modern music.

The Narratio prima was, in effect, a joint production of Copernicus and Rheticus, something of a "trial balloon" for the main work.

GV doesn't have a fixed-size for its fund, and has been in something of a trial-and-error mode since first opening for business in Europe nearly three years ago.

"You can't dismiss all bull shark and white shark attacks on humans as cases of mistaken identity; a human simply looks like something worthy of a trial".

The trip had taken — there was something of a biblical trial about it — 40 days.

For Ms. Scandole, who previously worked as a nanny, the job is something of a career trial balloon.

However, none of them could directly address Gröning's activities, and there was something of a show trial about their declamations.