some·body
ˈsəm-(ˌ)bə-dē 
-ˌbä-
: one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity
somebody will come in
: 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
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Recent Examples on the Web
Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
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, 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, 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, 30 Apr. 2020
Downstairs, Toby is on a work call; somebody from human resources is explaining that pay raises had been frozen.
—Washington Post, 8 May 2020
People die every day, so there has to be somebody doing that.
—Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 7 May 2020
Now, can somebody please take away all of Bachelor Nation’s TikTok accounts?
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 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, 28 Apr. 2020
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Noun
In college sports, somebody’s or a group of somebodies’ pockets have always been filled, been opened up to be filled at somebody else’s expense.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
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, 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, 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, 30 Apr. 2020
Downstairs, Toby is on a work call; somebody from human resources is explaining that pay raises had been frozen.
—Washington Post, 8 May 2020
People die every day, so there has to be somebody doing that.
—Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 7 May 2020
Now, can somebody please take away all of Bachelor Nation’s TikTok accounts?
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 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, 28 Apr. 2020
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“Somebody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somebody. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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somebody
1 of 2 pronoun
some·body
ˈsəm-ˌbäd-ē
-bəd-
: one or some person of no certain or known identity
did somebody knock?
somebody
2 of 2 noun
: a person of position or importance
wanted to be somebody
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