Sentence examples for sort of checked from inspiring English sources

"He said he wasn't there; he had some sort of alibi, and it sort of checked out," said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

"Had a perfect 5-wood, just landed perfect, a little bit of a fade, and just, yeah, it landed perfect, about 15 feet short of the hole and then sort of checked up and then rolled up into the hole," said Allenby, who added that it was his 14th ace.

Or, more accurately, I sort of checked out for a while partway through Cloud Atlas, which often felt like it was a puzzle solely for the sake of being a puzzle, and wasn't one that I was terribly invested in solving.

Adviser Labour What sort of check?

But a check, she can write some sort of check, not an absurd one.

It rightly thinks consultants should be subject to the same sort of checks and regulations as other employees.

They're always sort of checking that this is the path that they want to take in life".

Few expected Shirani Bandaranayake to be any sort of check on the ruling family's efforts to strengthen its grip on power.

Thirteen minutes later, there was some sort of check on Gray, after which the police stopped to pick up another prisoner.

Slower delivery, Buttler sort of checks his drive, and the ball lollops up nicely, Rampaul claiming it as the men converge.

But I'm pretty sure that the children who participate in food drives stand a good chance of growing up to be adults who write the sort of checks that Mr. Yglesias calls for.