diff --git a/sorts/bucket_sort.py b/sorts/bucket_sort.py
index a0566be662e3..1ac76774f4ba 100644
--- a/sorts/bucket_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/bucket_sort.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_sort
 """
+from typing import List
 
 
 def bucket_sort(my_list: list) -> list:
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def bucket_sort(my_list: list) -> list:
         return []
     min_value, max_value = min(my_list), max(my_list)
     bucket_count = int(max_value - min_value) + 1
-    buckets = [[] for _ in range(bucket_count)]
+    buckets: List[list] = [[] for _ in range(bucket_count)]
 
     for i in range(len(my_list)):
         buckets[(int(my_list[i] - min_value) // bucket_count)].append(my_list[i])
diff --git a/sorts/cocktail_shaker_sort.py b/sorts/cocktail_shaker_sort.py
index 42015abc5f97..b738ff31d768 100644
--- a/sorts/cocktail_shaker_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/cocktail_shaker_sort.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def cocktail_shaker_sort(unsorted: list) -> list:
                 swapped = True
 
         if not swapped:
-            return unsorted
+            break
+    return unsorted
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/sorts/patience_sort.py b/sorts/patience_sort.py
index f4e35d9a0ac6..87f5a4078612 100644
--- a/sorts/patience_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/patience_sort.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from bisect import bisect_left
 from functools import total_ordering
 from heapq import merge
+from typing import List
 
 """
 A pure Python implementation of the patience sort algorithm
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def patience_sort(collection: list) -> list:
     >>> patience_sort([-3, -17, -48])
     [-48, -17, -3]
     """
-    stacks = []
+    stacks: List[Stack] = []
     # sort into stacks
     for element in collection:
         new_stacks = Stack([element])
diff --git a/sorts/radix_sort.py b/sorts/radix_sort.py
index 57dbbaa79076..b802b5278119 100644
--- a/sorts/radix_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/radix_sort.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def radix_sort(list_of_ints: List[int]) -> List[int]:
     max_digit = max(list_of_ints)
     while placement <= max_digit:
         # declare and initialize empty buckets
-        buckets = [list() for _ in range(RADIX)]
+        buckets: List[list] = [list() for _ in range(RADIX)]
         # split list_of_ints between the buckets
         for i in list_of_ints:
             tmp = int((i / placement) % RADIX)
diff --git a/sorts/recursive_insertion_sort.py b/sorts/recursive_insertion_sort.py
index 66dd08157df1..89f88b4a961b 100644
--- a/sorts/recursive_insertion_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/recursive_insertion_sort.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import List
+
 
 def rec_insertion_sort(collection: list, n: int):
     """
@@ -70,6 +72,6 @@ def insert_next(collection: list, index: int):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     numbers = input("Enter integers separated by spaces: ")
-    numbers = [int(num) for num in numbers.split()]
-    rec_insertion_sort(numbers, len(numbers))
-    print(numbers)
+    number_list: List[int] = [int(num) for num in numbers.split()]
+    rec_insertion_sort(number_list, len(number_list))
+    print(number_list)