somebody

Example Sentences

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"At the end of the day, my mother came back home with somebody else."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“I think sometimes it’s helpful just having somebody who’s there to hold your hand,” she says of her friend Liou.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That they picked one with Nick Bilton’s rich and diverse experience, rather than somebody else’s rich and diverse experience, tells you only that he had something they were looking for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

As somebody who was at the DOJ for 21 years, I find that to be anathema to how I thought about public service.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

That didn’t mean I couldn’t show them that there was somebody in that valley and in that house who remembered what was right and good, and her name was Ida B. Applewood.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan