Example Sentences

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You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"Somebody or somebodies know where this came from and how it got there," Mr Tobin said.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

Any political cartoon is bound to offend somebody — or quite a few somebodies — on a regular basis.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

But there’ll be scores — perhaps hundreds — of publicity seekers, gadflies and wannabe somebodies on the ballot to replace Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2021

There was always somebody else or several somebodies waiting for every job there was—hoping for it, maybe praying for it.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray