somebody
a person, without saying who
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,598 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,380 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
pronoun
- a person, without saying who
somebody in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I'm accusing nobody, but I'm getting somebody.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Hearing somebody else coming upstairs, he prepared to repeat his speech.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Feelings over which I have no control, render it imperative that I should shoot somebody.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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So John ate his luncheon in distinguished company, and felt himself for the first time to be somebody.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Somebody carried me up and undressed me, and promised me a great game of kissing in the morning.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1