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 that reputation overlooks the way in which South by Southwest has long been a vital platform for the discovery of new talent, unknowns about to become somebodies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2018

That Ny Deen is some big chief, from his ways to-day; and others with him are somebodies.

From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham