Sentence examples for under something of from inspiring English sources

So the state is under something of a siege.

But Koren and Mattock have both been playing under something of a cloud.

But according to her biographer Margaret Forster, she arrived under something of a cloud.

One of the most significant sea voyages in history began 180 years ago under something of a cloud.

For some time now the discipline of philosophy has been under something of an assault from the world of science.

Do you see parallels with your father's story in the fact that you left the Senate under something of a cloud?

Pottery was as skilled as any found elsewhere, although by the period under examination something of a paralysis had set in; certainly, many of the designs have a static quality, doubtless owing to the extensive use of molds.

Though the old warhorse, skipper Gareth Batty, wrote the headlines with his match-terminating hat-trick, the other four bowlers in the Surrey attack were all under 25, something of a changing of the guard from the days of England men Stuart Meaker, Jade Dernbach and Chris Tremlett.

You will recall our fears that Sir Ian was either suffering from acute laryngitis, or was trapped under something heavy, on account of his remarkable failure to take any sort of public responsibility for the ongoing security fiasco.

(He proved to be a useful resource to the teenage boys because he had several wives and, under pressure, revealed something of the mysteries of sex).

The snowmobile rumbled under my weight, something of a tamed animal, doing as I said, yet still surprisingly unpredictable.