Sentence examples for sort of stepped from inspiring English sources

Everything sort of stepped up a notch".

He added, "I just sort of stepped away from myself for three and a half years".

It typically follows either the hedge-fund model based on assets, with a healthy slug of profits (20%) on top or some sort of stepped arrangement, with the general partner receiving as much as 50% of the quarterly distributions as thresholds are reached.

"Governor Christie has sort of stepped back from that," Ms. Slevin said, noting that the governor had taken a very different path than his Democratic predecessor, Jon S. Corzine, a longtime Wall Street executive, who was a champion of easing the commute into New York.

And he sort of stepped forward and said, 'We're going to tell the truth about what's going on.'" Phil Scepanski, a professor of film studies at Vassar College who specializes in comedy on television, said that Stewart had managed a moral force in his comedy that served especially well in perceived moments of national frustration or crisis.

"Over the past year they've sort of stepped up their security response and their security team," he says.

On occasion, Ms. Hargitay said, "I find myself sort of stepping up and taking charge just because I go into automatic pilot".

Somehow like a real [drug] trip, sort of stepping outside it but staying attached at the same time".

But now we're sort of stepping back and going like 'Hey, why don't we talk about being Chinese and what that means more?', instead of how to do it correctly.

"This sort of steps it up a notch".

This is a jazzy, George Chakiris sort of step.