Usage examples of "une sorte de" in French with translation to English

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Translations: all21 a kind of8 a sort of4 other translations9
Il est une sorte de célébrité. He is something of a celebrity.
J'appelle cela une sorte de poème. I call that some poem.
Une sorte de pus sort quand j'urine. Something like pus comes out when I pass urine.
Le nouveau président élu est une sorte de poète. The newly elected president is something of a poet.
Tu penses que tout ça est une sorte de canular ? You think this is all some kind of joke?
Vous pensez que tout ça est une sorte de blague ? You think this is all some kind of joke?
Il sait parler une sorte de chinois, mais il ne sait pas parler mandarin. She can speak a type of Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.
Qu'est-ce que c'est censé être ? Une sorte de blague de malade ? What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Une sorte de fête à l'étage m'a gardé éveillé jusqu'à une heure du matin hier soir. Some kind of party upstairs kept me up till one last night.
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