Sentence examples for sort of akin from inspiring English sources

Forget for a minute that he just suspended a player who does not even work for the league yet (astonishing on its own, sort of akin to The Washington Post suspending me).

"The kind of horrifying prospect is that Osama bin Laden and what he represents has sort of crystallized a moment in history that has an evil and a horror to it that's sort of akin to what Hitler was able to crystallize around him," Dr. Grassian said.

That's sort of akin to an exit, but really without the big payday to soothe the pain.

It's a plan that's sort of akin to operating for years with very thin margins or at a loss to block out the competition, almost the way Amazon approached e-commerce.

In other words, the problem is sort of akin to the risk of being struck by lightning.

Please understand that we are not the physicians or caregivers in this scenario and are sort of akin to color commentators watching the evolution of an interesting, but sad, medical mystery i.e. please refrain from chastising us for being irresponsible.

The illusion of reality is beside the point — rather, the director, Bert I. Gordon, offers up the reality of the illusion, a combination of miniatures and projections that serves up the nakedly impossible without apologies, and with a sort of graphic starkness akin to that of comic books, advertising, and other modern illustrations.

At a time when animals are abused by industrial farmers, manipulated, mismanaged, malnourished, and generally disrespected, this sort of thing is akin to a hunter's putting a cigarette in the mouth of the just-shot trophy buck and taking a picture.

As far as how well they'll actually stay in there if you, say, go for a jog, it's hard to say, though the buds could certainly benefit for some sort of anchoring system akin to what you get on sportsbuds from companies like JayBird.

It's hard as a single father; it's a sort of balancing act akin to walking on a high wire without a net, something that I think just about any parent would understand.

4. Paul Krugman - The NYT columnist hits this list as economist and also for the sort of Teddy Bear slot (akin to a Miss Congeniality, perhaps) that was #8 in the previous list.