Sort has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they will like. | |
| 2. | "What's the score with you and Céline?" "What do you mean?" "Are you two...? You know." "No, I don't know." "I mean: are you two seeing each other?" "Oh. Yeah, we are... sort of." "What do you mean, 'sort of'?" "I mean: mind your own business, Gwynn!" | |
| 3. | It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want. | |
| 4. | That sort of thing can happen when you are in haste. | |
| 5. | It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage. | |
| 6. | I sort of understand. | |
| 7. | I'm sort of tired. | |
| 8. | When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice. | |
| 9. | I sort of like him. | |
| 10. | I feel sort of dizzy and I feel like throwing up. |