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

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

To the reading public in Britain and historians around the world, Langley is something of a curiosity. —Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024

In this area, Campaign Monitor is something of a mixed bag. —Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2024

Now, not so much Carlson was once something of a kingmaker among Republicans. —Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024

Texas is a majority-minority state, but remains something of a white whale in Democratic politics. —Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024

Sunday’s game was something of redemption for Zubac. —Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 22 Apr. 2024

Perlin’s life has been something of a sine wave as well. —Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024

Rules of the road At a school where there's sometimes friction between industrial design students bound for the automobile industry and students with less immediately marketable goals, the contest served as something of an intersection. —Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024