someone

Example Sentences

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It said someone named Shirley had asked him to buy Klondike bars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"I tried to talk to someone about it and I was told that it was all in my head."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“They’re just moving through people until they find someone who’s willing to do exactly what they want,” Crosswell said.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

"They told someone here maybe that it was the Rolling Stones and they're called the Cockroaches," Scott explained.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“How wicked is that, to love someone who should be my enemy, who has just bombed my city, killed my friends? How wicked is that?”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo