kinda-sorta

• “Mr. Liu has since kinda-sorta suggested contrition by saying his statements were perhaps "unduly harsh and provocative," but he isn't disowning the legal analysis.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Goodwin Liu's Precedents

• “But then, you get this middling group of dudes who have amassed a certain stature in their party that kinda-sorta makes them feel compelled to run for President, but who neither challenge the primacy of the frontrunners nor say anything even remotely interesting.”

  The Huffington Post: Mike Pence Makes First Smart Decision Of 2012 Campaign Season

• “I think over the long run they'll naturally be kinda-sorta indexed to GDP.”

  Science vs. Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “I certainly hope nothing bad happens to “Terry Canavan” in the new novel from a guy I kinda-sorta used to know in Greensboro, Drew Perry.”

  This Is Just Exactly Like Me « Gerry Canavan

• “Gray kinda-sorta raises the prospect of lifting university enrollment caps Hatchet, G'town Dish”

  The Washington Post: DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 18, 2011

• “Eventually I hit upon another section that kinda-sorta works.”

  The Huffington Post: Suzanne Morrison: Second Book, First Draft: Banish the Editor

• “I see what you're saying, but it certainly did cause me to reevaluate my initial impressions of the plot, which kinda-sorta feels like a twist, or at least some form of elaborate peripeteia.”

  "Serpent!" screamed the Pigeon.

• “The Bad And The Beautiful is still as piercing, witty and malign a demolition of Hollywood as any put on screen since, and its kinda-sorta sequel, Two Weeks In Another Town, from the Irwin Shaw bestseller, is a misshapen and hysterical Cinecittà nightmare that repays a good three or four viewings before it just tears itself apart before your eyes.”

  The Guardian: Meet Me In St Louis embodies the virtues of a bygone era

• “I think part of what is fun about videogames is that they are one of the only venues where it is still kinda-sorta socially acceptable for you, as an adult, to PLAY.”

  Speaking Of Maturity

• “You noticed, I'm sure, that after drinking Sookie's fairy blood (more on that in a minute), he is kinda-sorta impervious to sunlight.”

  The Huffington Post: Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 7

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