sort

Related to sort: sort out, Sort algorithm
See:
  • a good sort
  • after a fashion
  • after a sort
  • all kinds of
  • bad sort
  • bad sort, a
  • be out of sorts
  • be put out of sorts
  • be, feel, etc. out of sorts
  • feel out of sorts
  • good sort
  • in bad sorts
  • it takes all sorts
  • it takes all sorts to make a world
  • kind of
  • kind of/sort of
  • miserly sort
  • not a bad sort
  • nothing of the kind
  • nothing of the kind/sort
  • nothing of the sort
  • of a kind/sort
  • of a sort
  • of sorts
  • of the sort
  • out of sorts
  • put (one) out of sorts
  • say (something) in a roundabout (sort of) way
  • separate the men from the boys
  • separate the sheep from the goats
  • something of the kind
  • something of the sort
  • something of the/that kind/sort
  • sort (oneself) out
  • sort of
  • sort oneself out
  • sort out
  • sort out the men from the boys
  • sort out/separate the men from the boys
  • sort out/separate the sheep from the goats
  • sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff
  • sort through
  • sort through (something)
References in classic literature
Diagrams have their own beauty; but it is of just the other sort, They stand for the unalterable things; the calm, eternal, mathematical sort of truths; what somebody calls the 'white radiance of'--"
As they drew near there seemed a sort of monstrous irony in the fact that the dead machine was still throbbing and thundering as busily as a factory, while the man lay so still.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Suppose you tell me what sort of a man would satisfy you!"
I owe you the idea, however, so I will tell you the sort of person I shall look out for.
The Malefactor
A silence deferential, but full of reserves, reigned for a moment, and then the great lady exclaimed, not with resentment, but with a sort of protesting indignation:
"He should be recommended to follow a treatment of some sort," the soldierly voice of the active-looking man was heard advising earnestly from a distance.
The Secret Agent
"Oh, what an odd face!" Then with a quick change to another sort of surprised expression, she added, "Why, Dodo, you never told me that Mr.
I have plenty of ideas and facts, you know, and I can see he is just the man to put them into shape--remembers what the right quotations are, omne tulit punctum, and that sort of thing--gives subjects a kind of turn.
Middlemarch
Nor may they imitate the neighing of horses, the bellowing of bulls, the murmur of rivers and roll of the ocean, thunder, and all that sort of thing?
Republic
"It seems to be a cheerful sort of household," Kinsley observed.
The Vanished Messenger
since my rebuff of yesterday I have a sort of empty feeling.
Dracula
"There is a sort of generous ardour about you," she said, "which I don't really understand.
Arrow of Gold
This wasn't one of them languishing sort wot sits about in cosy corners and reads story-books, and don't care what's happening in the home so long as they find out what became of the hero in his duel with the Grand Duke.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
Entering at last, he walked through the confectioner's shop to the back room, which was a sort of pastry-cook restaurant, merely raising his hat to the young lady who was serving there.
The Innocence Of Father Brown
To begin, then, of what sort is the mystery--physical, mental, moral, historical, scientific, occult?
Lair of the White Worm