after a fashion
Example Sentences
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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
But even if we’re meant to view our woolly antagonists as sheeple, after a fashion, “The Sheep Detectives” culminates on an optimistic note for both the four-legged and the two.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
A solitary, bookish boy whose dreams came true, after a fashion, who proved that movies really can change your life — albeit in ways you can never quite plan on.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
“When he was excited, he was excited,” said Ford, who told me that he sometimes got a four-page letter on hotel stationery slipped under his door after a fashion show.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2022
Some of the castle circle could speak English after a fashion, including St Toirdealbhach and Mother Morian.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
