someone
a person, without saying who
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,573 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,550 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
pronoun
- a person, without saying who
someone 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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Someone had left them there, evidently, to perish.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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But I 'adn't never talked about myself as if I was someone else afore.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Someone passed Ripley a switch, with which he dealt his animal a stinging blow.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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He had someone at the head of his table of whom he was very proud.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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At twenty she had been addicted to baby talk when endeavouring to coax something out of someone.
Half Portions · Edna Ferber · Chapter 1