Read full poem →The only honour of the wishing dame;
Thy very want of tongue makes thee a kind of fame.
Dictionary Entry
Slightly; somewhat; sort of.
In a Sentence
“I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?”
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Poetry examples for “kind of”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Her brethren, tho’ they love her, look upon her
As on a kind of paragon; and I
(Pardon me saying it) were much loth to breed 155
Read full poem →Than magic music, forfeits, all the rest.
But these—what kind of tales did men tell men,
She wonder’d, by themselves ?
Read full poem →^' Alas ! what kind of grief can thy years know?
Read full poem →And still you huff it, with a kind of carriage.
Read full poem →I thought to form unto my zealous Muse,
What kind of creature I could most desire
To know, serve, and love, as Poets use.
Read full poem →diversions oT the people, “ The Guary Miracle,” says
he, '' in English a Miracle-play, is a kind of inter-
** lude, compiled iq Cornish, out of some scripture
Read full poem →There were some guys playing a game of touch football in the other field
but that only made it better, a kind of camouflage. Lilly was wiggling
around, breathing heavily, her breasts were moving up and down.
Read full poem →With his stump foot he halts ill-favouredly. 20
This kind of verse is not alike; yet fit,
With shorter numbers the heroic sit.