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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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
That’s good, Joan, because there are 24 potential somebodies headed to the Bachelor mansion right now to meet you.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
Somebody — or multiple somebodies, starting with casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Jennifer Schwalenberg — had to find the show’s four stars.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
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
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Noun
Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
That’s good, Joan, because there are 24 potential somebodies headed to the Bachelor mansion right now to meet you.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
Somebody — or multiple somebodies, starting with casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Jennifer Schwalenberg — had to find the show’s four stars.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
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
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“Somebody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somebody. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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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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