How to Use something of in a Sentence

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• The left side is something of a mess.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• And there is something of a brain dream.
  — Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• The last bit would become something of a theme.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
• Frankfurt has long been something of a tough sell.
  — Diana Hubbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
• The protest comes at something of a pivotal time in his life.
  — Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
• Now, that vice has become something of a virtue.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
• Its message, in short, was something of a yes.
  — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
• And this moment asks something of us.
  — Adrianne Wright, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
• He's been something of a stop-and-start option for years now.
  — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• No, twenty-three wasn’t too old to go back to school and make something of my life.
  — Rabih Alameddine, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
• The show marked something of a comeback for Bieber.
  — Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• For years, Mac users have faced something of a dilemma.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• This season has been something of a soft relaunch of the show.
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026
• The way Anohni opens her new album comes as something of a shock.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 31 July 2023
• Washington put up something of a fight when these teams met two weeks ago.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
• This sung-through musical pulled off something of a coup of its own.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• The new medium was something of a mystery back then, even in her own home.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Suri, as the staff named her, became something of a mascot.
  — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
• Mizanin's dreams of becoming a wrestler came off as something of a joke.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
• Still, the gin’s success has come as something of a surprise.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2025
• This is something of a make-or-break season for him with the Rangers.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Miller has been something of a headline magnet over the course of his three terms.
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026
• Lindor, 32, is something of an iron man.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• The tail section, on the other hand, is still something of a work in progress.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
• Cellular modems are something of a black box.
  — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
• There was always something of the prep-school kid about him — combined with the rebel.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
• The work that moves people is the kind that asks something of them — and that trusts them enough to do it.
  — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
• Nuno, though, is something of a tactical chameleon.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Her work is something of makeup legend.
  — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
• Quinta Brunson is something of a pro at awards shows by now.
  — Lindsey Underwood, Vanity Fair, 2 Mar. 2026