Sentence examples for something of a welcome from inspiring English sources

Here is something of a welcome surprise.

Which is why the matter of the "golden geese" last week provided something of a welcome respite.

Poor Sam looks frazzled this episode – though it was something of a welcome relief to see him grow a pair and tell Sookie to stop torturing him.

Developed by the UK studio Rebellion, NeverDead is something of a welcome surprise – a fun third-person shoot-'em-up with a novel gameplay twist.

However, despite Keane's verdict on the failures so far this term, Europe has provided Moyes with something of a welcomed distraction, having progressed to the last 16 without losing a single match.

That this hypergregarious entertainer could shuck his defenses was something of a shock: a welcome one.

More than ever, the theater has become something of a sanctuary, a welcome diversion from everyday noise — meaning, though not limited to, the awful vibration that a cellphone makes every time a new message comes in via e-mail, text or voice mail.

It's also got Gérard Depardieu, on something of a roll after Welcome to New York and The Valley of Love, so definitely worth looking out for.

Deep in the Heart Of Washington THE House majority leader, Tom DeLay, apparently received something of a hero's welcome at the White House last week, when he returned to Washington after brokering a redistricting plan that could net Republicans as many as seven more House seats in his home state, Texas.

That's something of a surprise, but a welcome one to be sure.

The first volume, Empire (2000), was something of a publishing sensation, welcomed as a radical new version of Marxian theory.