"It would be a poor lackluster sort of world if there weren't," the doctor said.

You served under me once, and a poor sort of man you were.

"It's a poor sort of murderer who can't murder people when he isn't there."

Probably turn out to be a pretty poor sort in the end, a thinker and all that.

"Isn't this a poor sort of place to keep valuable papers?"

From what you say, this is a poor sort of consort for a man to sail with.

It seemed to have been a poor sort of job.

"It will be a poor sort of hospitality we get this winter," she resumed.

"They had binoculars, often of the poorest sort," he said.

As it was, he could only be a poor sort of go-between.