be something

Example Sentences

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By the time we reach 50, those paths will have shifted; we begin questioning whether there might be something else we could or should be doing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Based on what is happening currently with emergency services like 911 in L.A., there needs to be something that can supplement that system, because we’re seeing that it’s not working,” he said.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Pfeiffer: Pretending to be something else, other than what we were.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

"While the world keeps changing, there will always be something new to write about," he says.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

History is a cumulative record of success and failure, and the pretense that it can be something other than that is a peculiar shibboleth of historical writing over the last fifty years.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton