something of

idiom

: to some degree

—used to make a statement or description less forceful or definite

He is something of an expert with car repair.

We have something of a problem here.

The movie was something of a disappointment.

Examples of something of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To doctors, these devices, alongside safer implants introduced in the late 1990s, were something of a miracle. —

Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 May 2024 But last month, Chad’s military junta, leaning toward Russia, told the troops to pack up and go, causing something of a stand-off. —

Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 10 May 2024 In this respect, Forte is something of a Trojan horse. —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024 But the testimony, while striking, was something of a sideshow to the trial’s main event. —

Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024 Mamá Lucy became something of her muse and gave Vasquez not only her blessing but the confidence to leave her job and pursue her book. —

Cindy Carcamo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 So was there something of high technology that the two nations — Russia, in this case, the Soviet Union, and America could do? —

Linah Mohammad, NPR, 6 May 2024 As the driver of this film’s War Rig, Jack is something of a Fury Road legend to the inhabitants of the Citadel. —

EW.com, 1 May 2024 The head-turning grand tourer is based on the Jaguar XJS and is something of a spiritual successor to the firm’s most famous creations, the XJ220 and XJR-15. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2024

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