How to Use somebody in a Sentence

somebody

noun
  • There will be somebody who will make a smart comment about it.
    — Time, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Thomas had lived in his house for months when somebody asked where the microwave was.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • Any awareness that this was somebody on the radar already or no?
    — NBC News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Look, as Rich said, somebody in this space is going to break out.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
  • Mannery tried to close and lock the shop's doors, but somebody punched him and a fight broke out.
    — Maya Eliahou and David Williams, CNN, 6 June 2018
  • When somebody dies at home, the corpse joins a long waiting list for removal.
    — The Economist, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Yes, if somebody gets a little bit out of control, if an area gets too hot.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 13 Mar. 2020
  • This isn’t what somebody who wanted to build the perfect virus would have picked.
    — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • That’s a football dynasty, and somebody’s got to get them at some point.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Another gaucherie by somebody else will come along soon enough to get our minds off it.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 June 2018
  • One compliment could change somebody's whole day, and even life.
    — Steve Smith, Courant Community, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Our player has to get the header and the ball falls to somebody else and there is no call.
    — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 20 July 2019
  • And his wife needs to be where somebody can help, and that’s probably the case with him.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2020
  • And talking to somebody does not mean sending them a link to a survey.
    — Leigh Gallagher, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2017
  • For somebody to say no to that this time and then all the media and everybody.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But even with entry papers, somebody in France had to put them up.
    — Lucian Perkins, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
  • There’s got to be a better way besides picking up a gun and killing somebody.
    — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
  • Every few days, somebody calls and asks to buy one of his properties.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 19 June 2019
  • Near the yogurt somebody had discarded two packs of bone-in lamb loin chops.
    — Sunset Magazine, 26 Mar. 2020
  • What’s just right for one person may be too much for another, and not do a thing for somebody else.
    — Billy Lyons, Fortune, 15 June 2019
  • What’s more valuable, $75 or somebody who’s stoked on your work and has a kind word to say about you?
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2020
  • That’s the kind of thing somebody would’ve found and put in without thinking, Does this go or not?
    — Shoko Wagner, House Beautiful, 18 Nov. 2019
  • All of those pieces have been made by somebody and will probably only be worn a handful of times.
    — Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Another stopped to purchase a home stereo system out of the back of somebody's van.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 11 July 2018
  • And suddenly, somebody was trying to get to know the real her.
    — Julie Miller, HWD, 8 June 2018
  • The baseball season is so long and such a grind, to have somebody who is always so upbeat is nice.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • There was a goat that was given to somebody else every end of school term as a gift for their performance.
    — Vincent Kituku, idahostatesman, 28 June 2018
  • Every couple of months, somebody’s driving up to the light and revving the engine.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
  • That somebody will be either the 49ers or Packers in two weeks.
    — oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2020
  • If somebody really wants to steal your bike, there isn't a lock on the planet strong enough to keep them from doing so.
    — Josie Colt, WIRED, 31 May 2018

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