I sat up with Sir Henry in his rooms until nearly three o’clock in the morning, but no sound of any sort did we hear except the chiming clock upon the stairs.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I could not doubt that this was the Miss Stapleton of whom I had been told, since ladies of any sort must be few upon the moor, and I remembered that I had heard someone describe her as being a beauty.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“What sort of facts?” I asked.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
What sort of night was it?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It was incredible how slowly the hours crawled by, and yet we were helped through it by the same sort of patient interest which the hunter must feel as he watches the trap into which he hopes the game may wander.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It appears to be a statement of some sort.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
That is curious, for I did when I was half asleep fancy that I heard something of the sort.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— a group set up on the basis of any characteristic in common : CLASS, KIND
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— a group of people or things with the same qualities or features
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8 uses of ‘sort’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle