in a sense

Idioms and Phrases

Also, in some sense . Sort of, in some ways but not others. For example, In a sense our schools are the best in the state, but the test scores don't always show that , or In some sense I agree with you, but not entirely . [Late 1500s] Also see in a way .

Example Sentences

Political discussions were, in a sense, the soundtrack to his career.

From BBC

The JNF's terraforming projects have, in a sense, never stopped, even if intense and concerted human effort has tapered off in some areas since 1948.

From Salon

One participant even described herself as being, in a sense, a single parent, saying, "If it has to do with our kids or my household … that is 100% on me."

From Science Daily

Max Williamson came on for Cummings at that point, the 20 minutes ending with a one-point win for the Boks which, in a sense, was a win for Scotland.

From BBC

However, I use bootstrapping in a sense that remains attentive to the actual claims expressed by Black American liberals such as Douglass, Easton and Stewart, who saw internal racial uplift as a central tenet for transforming their societies even as they levied devastating critiques of antebellum America’s inegalitarian social and political system that make such personal uplift all but impossible.

From Salon