right sort
Example Sentences
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"You're taking bits of wood and metal, sheep's wool, felt and if you put them together in exactly the right sort of way, it's like alchemy, you get a beautiful, singing instrument," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
“If someone comes to the house, I say, ‘Come and look at this,’ if they are the right sort of person,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
The FBI thought they had the right sort of man — a first-generation issei immigrant who was bilingual, could write in English and was held in high esteem in the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Few Gazans had the right sort of hives to withstand it.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022
It wasn’t at all difficult to find the right sort of things for the altar of Nefertiti-Isis.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
