somebody

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some·body | \ ˈsəm-(ˌ)bə-dē

, -ˌbä- \

Definition of somebody

(Entry 1 of 2)

: one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity somebody will come in

somebody

noun

Definition of somebody (Entry 2 of 2)

: a person of position or importance

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Examples of somebody in a Sentence

Pronoun Somebody left you a message. The singer waved to somebody in the crowd. We need somebody who can work nights and weekends. Is that somebody you know? Somebody has to do it. After I turned down the job, she offered it to somebody else. Noun a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Palestinians saw echoes of George Floyd’s fate in the shooting by police in Jerusalem on May 30th of Iyad Halak, a 32-year-old with severe autism, who was apparently mistaken for somebody else. — The Economist, "Global protests How George Floyd’s death reverberates around the world," 8 June 2020 Our sole objective is to make sure the right decisions are taken and not that somebody is blamed or not blamed. — John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com, "Here’s What WHO Says About Relations With U.S., China: Q&A," 20 May 2020 But to me, they are cooked, soft, delicious beans that somebody else has already packed with flavour and done all the cooking for me. — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, "Nadiya Hussain Talks Cooking In Quarantine & Her Show Hitting Netflix," 30 Apr. 2020 Downstairs, Toby is on a work call; somebody from human resources is explaining that pay raises had been frozen. — Washington Post, "Two parents, two jobs, two young kids. One day after another.," 8 May 2020 People die every day, so there has to be somebody doing that. — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, "'They are astonished': Bengals rookie Trey Dishon doesn't have typical post-football plans," 7 May 2020 Now, can somebody please take away all of Bachelor Nation’s TikTok accounts? — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, "Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan Just Responded to Everyone Hating on Their Relationship," 1 May 2020 When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Trump admin threatens to sue states that don’t lift pandemic orders," 28 Apr. 2020 The calendar of events — everything from baseball to stage plays to graduation ceremonies — is looking like somebody’s rough draft, about to be cast into the trash bin. — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, "Faces of lost seasons," 28 Mar. 2020

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