Sentence examples for sort of standing from inspiring English sources

He's right, no one quite sounds like this gravelly voiced force of nature, the last great soul man left (sort of) standing.

Nevertheless, the reality is that British politics makes poor use of its elders, who are denied their own sort of standing.

I feel like the ground's going to break beneath my feet". They've just launched this Constitution and they all are sort of standing there on the national stage thinking, what if this all explodes?

So I think as people who were sort of cast aside by mainstream society, they were sort of standing up and saying 'hey we're strong and we're fun and we're cool.' I think that definitely speaks to queer people".

This is accompanied by footage of white people, presumably Cruz supporters, smiling, talking, or just sort of standing around—a montage that manages to be actually pretty dang uplifting and cathartic thanks to some Explosions in the Sky sounding music that could turn eating pancakes into an emotional climax.

NYT: But do you worry, Mr. President, that that description of that sort of standing pat, what happens if you stand pat and the sort of slower than expected -- do you worry that that could end up being your legacy simply because of the obstruction that -- and the gridlock that doesn't seem to end? MR.

11.01am: Brown did get standing ovation from the nurses, although the Evening Standard's Paul Waugh describes it as a "sort-of" standing ovation.

He said 'Don't tell anybody but I'm sort of thinking of standing down in 2001'.

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He does agree that MOOCs aren't poised to threaten universities like Duke that enjoy a sort of rarified standing.

"So we're just looking at ways where we can hopefully put in some sort of a standing area or terraced area or something to create an area for people to watch the match".