Sentence examples for something of a walk from inspiring English sources
You have to search hard for Elpenor down the back streets of the Odyssey, having as he does something of a walk on/fall off part in Circe's palace; though the hung-over young warrior who missed his footing on a ladder was once spoken of in familiar terms by Ovid, Plutarch and Martial, he is largely forgotten now.
(Jon, who clings to Brecht as if to a baby blanket, is something of a walking alienation effect. ) Jean Renoir once asked, Where does theater end and life begin?
But it turns out Jordan is also something of a walking fashion faux pas, with a penchant for overly distressed dad jeans and a namesake Tumblr called "What The F*** is Michael Jordan Wearing?" (We can't make this stuff up).
Which is why it comes as something of a surprise to walk into the Munich hotel room where our interview is scheduled to find him giggling.
Mr. Cameron, whose parliamentary majority depends on the fragile support of his Liberal Democrat coalition partners, faces something of a political tightrope walk if efforts to find a compromise in the dispute fall short.
I asked if she could substitute the reward of sugar for something else – a walk, a tea, a tiny purchase, something obviously shit compared a Crunchie?
Their boss, Charles Ramsey, became something of a media star as he walked around chatting with demonstrators.
"When you're building a world that's inspired by a real-world culture but not actually set in that culture, you're walking something of a tightrope--particularly when you begin making alterations in areas like mythology or religion or language.
But it's something of a surprise that keepers don't walk off more regularly.
Some days at Criminal Court in Manhattan can be something of a cross between the red-carpet walk at the Oscars and a mad dash to capture an elusive quarry.
Manhandled by the music industry as something of a child prodigy, she chose to walk away while still in her 30's and build a more rewarding life for herself away from jazz.
