I pretended a smile and said it was somebody else, another friend, not Vince. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hope somebody’s bringing you a coat,” the man says, and leaves the cart right there on the sidewalk as I hug myself and rub my arms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We got to the base, and somebody came up with some coffee. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get somebody to fix that door. I want it shut. Tight.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not looked happy to get the mochigashi; they had looked absolutely panicked, as if somebody might steal the sweets from them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe somehow they had stumbled on something, somebody—“a living witness.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough of this. Focus on the game. If you want to help somebody, help them.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the easiest, most natural thing in the world, to sit on somebody’s headstone under the cool shade if a tree and chat. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Tuti waved her hand around so wildly, I thought she was going to knock somebody out. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mom said he’d spent even longer than usual getting ready for his date, so she had to be somebody “pretty special.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I figure somebody running off wouldn’t go to the trouble to plant flowers that won’t bloom until next year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Why it look like somebody tried to cut your hair with a butter knife? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At every step, somebody fell down and ceased to suffer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was from a porch like this that somebody finally spoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In a way, it’s nice to know there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I guess somebody somewhere loves to see poor folks in the hood begging for food. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

According to it, there are ten minutes until four thirty, and according to Aunt Pooh, who knows somebody who knows somebody, DJ Hype calls between four thirty and five thirty. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The bathroom is one place where somebody could be, for any length of time, at any time of the night, and he would be likely to hear the slightest strange sound. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then finally, somebody had to say it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had to find somebody to write to beside Mama so I would get mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe there’s somebody at the door,” he whispered. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was, all I could do. I tried to give him nutrition, and I tried to lower his fevers when they were high. I was basically taking care of somebody without a ^ game plan,”. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted somebody to say nice things to me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m not exactly sure what that means, but I do know all the money he deals with belongs to somebody else. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"I want a double whiskey, Halley. Put it in something deep so I can get it out of here without spilling it. It's for somebody outside." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke about William Blake and John Keats with veneration in his voice, though Liyana wished he would pick somebody a little more modern to talk about soon. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The second wrote: Thank God somebody is finally talking about this. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s common knowledge that if you’re standing at a corner of a main street in the hood, somebody’s going to try to sell you something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The more cows somebody has, the wealthier he is. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I could do, but I wanted to be there at the bridge if she decided she needed my help or if she just wanted somebody to talk to. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You could have killed somebody with that thing!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up there was a bright light in my eyes and somebody was digging into my shoulder with a scalpel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to picture my mother or somebody, or my aunt, or Sally Hayes's crazy mother, standing outside some department store and collecting dough for poor people in a beat-up old straw basket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I got a right to have somebody treat me nice before I die. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody’s birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the entire cafeteria, the conversation he was having with Luke and Annie, felt like they were happening to somebody else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the short sighs and whispers of somebody else’s voice. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hate to be the bearer of evil, but I know y’all had a heap rather hear it from me than somebody else.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Naomi wasn’t in the building. Beto was, but somebody got him out before the collapse.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only risk was that somebody had come along and stolen them or made off with the goods. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I look at somebody, they look off. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We often asked somebody to buy something in passing or get information in passing, but I had never heard of searching a house in passing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it if I'm eating bacon and eggs or something and somebody else is only eating toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I would say at the present time she looked ready to bean somebody with a baseball bat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the same as always, somebody looks at me and thinks that I’m not good enough. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Besides, who actually cares about the hair above somebody’s eyelids, except Edna? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He imagined that somebody had told Eze something similar—you need to collect art, you need to learn about art—and so the man had gone after art with the zeal of an invented interest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she added irritably, “If you have to call somebody Mummy to get your salary, you should have done so!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had been almost a year since we popped somebody. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Or money. Or protection. Or just to talk to somebody,” which is what I thought at the time, because my mom married Ray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In Cincinnati, say, there is somebody whose eyes are bluer than mine? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t kicking no butt, but if somebody wanted to offer me a scholarship I could take it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It couldn't be just anyone. It would have to be somebody who could get to your books without you knowing about it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was as though somebody had just flicked a light on in his brain. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

If I was lying on somebody’s grave, whoever it was would be six feet away. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody had said, “Okay, on the count of three, hold hands.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The Westing house was snowbound, too, and somebody was snowbound in it. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t wanna scare somebody with a story about some people.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur is about to get his big break, his chance to be somebody at Lake Windsor High. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is it, Gus? Something you didn’t handle correctly? Some authority you delegated to somebody else?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were so mad about the part. What happened? They give it to somebody else?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The nurse would be mistaking me for somebody else. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“If somebody’s spotted us out here, we got a world of trouble, or if it rains — ” “Rain don’t bother me,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she even hugged Grover, who looked ready to pass out, like somebody had just given him an all-you-can-eat enchilada coupon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He knew when somebody was doing something that he didn’t like. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I realize how hungry I am, somebody taps me on the shoulder. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They might as well go blow smoke up somebody else’s you-know-what, ’cause a Black man’s got no chance in this country. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, somebody else would have to be in charge of killing the beauty queens. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had to run to catch up,' and tripped over somebody’s shield, so I didn’t look much like a co-captain. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the jolt of my head I heard somebody crying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Just in case somebody don't make it out in time, especially since she make us all walk so slow. I don't know about everybody else, but if there's a for-real fire, I'm outta there." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Annabeth, you shouldn’t have let Percy leave camp! But if you do get the Fleece—” “Yeah, baby!” somebody behind Chiron yelled. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’re down to ten players and I’m going to stick with the ten unless somebody gets hurt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was somebody Congolese and not even Mama anymore, so I cried too. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as though somebody had been building long, low walls all over it that twisted and crisscrossed in every direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be a Rose, somebody’s Rose, their Rose—and she would have been company for the flowers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Well...” he grumbled, “I suppose somebody’s got to save your braccae.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Here was somebody who had brought the art of skulduggery to the highest point of perfection, somebody, moreover, who was willing to risk life and limb in pursuit of her calling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They came with woolen caps and names given to them by their mothers, or grandmothers, or somebody’s best friend. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was always somebody at home, with six people in the five-room apartment. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looks thinner, but strong for somebody going through chemo and all of this. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered that he’d probably followed every minute of the trial, not because I might have been in it, but because it was about somebody like Emmett Till getting killed in Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet it’s actually somebody pretending to be a magician just to mess with me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sammy and I slept in the room with her now, because somebody needed to be with her all the time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t apologize. It’s not your fault. Mr. Derby needs to have somebody give him a stiff lashing to let him know how it feels!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its next shriek was louder still, like somebody was killing it! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Peewee went into the HQ hooch to find out where town was just as they were looking for somebody else to pull guard duty, and he got put on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought, in the night time, that perhaps it was aiming too high. If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. It may mean the end of the Table. Supposing somebody were to find God?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We would not sacrifice a child before we charge somebody,” said Representative Paul Ray, a Republican who was the legislator who had proposed the second, stricter, piece of legislation banning texting while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had to perfect himself for Arthur as somebody who was good at games, and he had to think about the theories of chivalry even when he was in bed at night. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He must have been asking you where somebody lived, I’m sure he must——” Michael began. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I kept thinking,” she whispers, “if I was real still, if I brought somebody in to do the house and the cooking, maybe I could hold on to this one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘Then why do you teach mathematics, sir?’ somebody asked him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometime Biddy be singing ’bout somebody cornin’ ’round a mountain and she cleaning like a fool, but she happy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I heard little Loma threw a pure fit down at the store today,” said somebody else. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So if you ever want to walk the streets again, you had better find somebody to take the weight. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side facing the door like he was expecting somebody or something. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“If somebody else was doing this, you would say she was stupid.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This seems pretty obvious to us now, but there was a time when it was considered correct to leave the apostrophe with the pronoun: Is that your suit of armor, Sir Lancelot, or somebody’s else? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe somebody at the Golden Glen Nursing Home would want to hear about the life of Florence Nightingale and her shining path. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As Harry squelched along the deserted corridor he came across somebody who looked just as preoccupied as he was. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t go off and start spilling secrets about somebody after they give you that much money. Plus, who was I gonna tell? Everybody he cared about was dead by then.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I crept into the hut, leaving the blanket hanging over the door in case somebody should walk by, and knelt down by the bed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt him, he would say, deeply hurt him, after all these years, but if you loved somebody as he did her, you had to think of them first. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Benny fell because somebody tampered with that top rung.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Only got to use my robe three times. Keep it clean tonight and you can take my name off, use it for somebody else." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was somebody running in my boots, but it wasn’t me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Gospels actually taught this: Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn’t well connected. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You should be in the top of your class, showing everybody, both black and white, that E. J. Jackson’s son is somebody to be respected and admired. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, me and all of my noisy, pushy visitors will be somebody else’s problem. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be nice if somebody, maybe a Ph.D. candidate on the loose, did a little something for Morgenstern’s reputation, because, believe me, if being ignored is suffering, the guy has suffered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Using somebody's things without permission is as bad as stealing. So you’re a thief and a burglar. You’re a burglar because you came into my room without me saying so.’Kingshaw did not reply. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, somebody's got to keep watch on the home front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He can quote facts and dates and wars and generals like somebody on a game show. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They buy it from somebody down the road. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Looks like somebody dragged those behind a car. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Like she got all dressed up in a fur vest and knee boots, full face of makeup and hair fresh-laid, just to go beat somebody up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘Look to me like you and Highboy must of got into somebody’s gin bottle.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I knew what it felt like to be a stray, not having a home where somebody wanted you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For somebody white from Ohio, she had a big butt. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He thought maybe somebody had mistaken salt for sugar. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thundercloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess somebody must have told her,” Armpit said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At last somebody had thought of consulting Merlyn, whom they had found in the middle of his third nap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like people you see sometimes, and you can’t imagine what it would be like to be that person, whether it’s somebody in a wheelchair or somebody who can’t talk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making sure the world knew what went down. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But it’s basically impossible to concentrate on the words in your book when somebody raps as bad as Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even like Jace. He’s cute but he’s not very nice. If I was going to like somebody, it wouldn’t be him.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“But like how?” somebody had asked him, probably Michael, who didn’t really want to go anyway but would do things like this every so often, just so nobody stopped asking him altogether. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And there was that time I got chased by a dog, hanging out at the basketball court hoping somebody would pick me to run. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Or what if the Professor was innocent, but the somebody else who wasn’t really did live right in the neighborhood, as so many people seemed to think? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I was to come to your part of the country, I’d want somebody to tell me,” Bill said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to shape things/design things, create things, sell things, buy things, keep track of inventories, do somebody else’s taxes, and read somebody else’s X-rays from half a world away. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

But we had to get up whenever a Kapo came in to check if, by chance, somebody had a new pair of shoes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quick, somebody tell all the chicks and babes at school for me! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy needs somebody—to be near him.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if my eyes are bluer than Joanna’s and bluer than Michelena’s and bluer than that lady’s you saw, suppose there is somebody way off somewhere with bluer eyes than mine? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason asked me if I knew that what I did was wrong and would I like it if somebody did that to me and a bunch of other questions I didn’t even care about. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She catches sight of me coming up out of the down under and it's like somebody shot her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom,” said the girl’s voice again, now so close they were clearly right beside the house, “I might be wrong — but has somebody nailed a snake to that door?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘Today we have proved that Salim couldn’t have stayed in his capsule after it came down and he couldn’t have come out hiding under somebody’s else’s clothes.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I’m thinking maybe I am more like my mom, not just a dreamer but somebody who can make things happen. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Throw it to somebody else. Otherwise, naturally,” he talked steadily as he ran along beside me, “now that we’ve got you surrounded, one of us will knock you down.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello? Earth to Kyle? Do you want somebody else to get first dibs on the Electronic Learning Center?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A loud creaking sound approaches and somebody whistles a tune. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Heard somebody say it curves about, comes back on itself,, but if it didn’t and I got home after dark, I’d get a good whopping. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If he ever pulled the pointer antics with, say, somebody like Carter, there’d be hell to pay. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could sell them to somebody, and then we would have a little money to live on,” said Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when Bloom let go it was as if somebody across the field had pushed in a detonator’s plunger, exploding a hundred dynamite sticks affixed to Sunflower’s belly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And wouldn’t there also be a play involved, and somebody dying onstage? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would emerge from the shadows at the campfire, startle somebody and see the discomfort in their eyes: Are you still here? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He did this whenever somebody booked the restaurant for a special occasion. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t every day he met somebody with a built-in talkback feature. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How about would you believe maybe it’s somebody thinking about you for different than a loving reason? Like how about if Joe Mondragon is thinking about you?” she teased. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Twins, by Jupiter!” was all he said for a minute, then turning to the women with an appealing look that was comically piteous, he added, “Take ’em quick, somebody! Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘This’ll be fun. I’m somebody beginning with an M. Guess who I am.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And you know how when you’ve just pulled it together but then somebody gives you the slightest touch, not even a hug, but shows you the littlest kindness? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can usually see the humorous side of their scoldings, but it’s easier when somebody else is being raked over the coals. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then the gauze rippled as if a hand had passed across it from the other side, and in one place it wrinkled into a wad as if somebody had snagged it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

You must remember that she was still hardly five years old and it is not easy for somebody as small as that to score points against an all-powerful grown-up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You can use the computer to sweep a room and check if somebody’s trying to listen in on you. I suggest you use it the moment you arrive. And finally...my own favorite.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If it’s Mama, she’s going to flip about me having somebody over without her permission. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When they saw me, she jumped like somebody caught stealing and hurried to the kitchen, and he sat up muttering something about a backache. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But the stony-faced rest of them looked as if they were ready to sign up to go off killing somebody—they would have liked to start with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One woman stood up and said, “Them cells cured me of my cancer, if I got cells that can help somebody like her cells help me, I say take em!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It is so. Boys, babies, and somebody’s naked daddy. You must be boy-crazy.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he gobbled, Heike gawked at Daddy like he was somebody she didn’t recognize. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was pretty dark, and I stepped on somebody's shoe on the floor and danm near fell on my head. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh... somebody just opened a business. Somebody lost a dog. Somebody needs a companion.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Of course somebody must of gone to the store and told Grandpa there was a tall stranger with a silver-trimmed saddle up at his house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Why somebody would want that word welded on their gate, I can’t say. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then a third, even closer, and off to his left he’d heard somebody scream. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You somebody right now, Alfred. A good, God-fearing boy, minds his aunt, helps . . ." "Somebody special," he said, pulling away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One arm up as if she was waiting for someone to grab it and arm wrestle her, and the other arm curved as if wrapped around the waist of somebody else. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m just happy to know somebody has succeeded in something. Is that where you go on your trips?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered to lift up my lips, which Mr Shepherd says to do when you meet somebody new because it means you can be their friend. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Kingshaw had tried again to go off and fetch somebody, he had said, ‘Shut up,’ more violently, and then, ‘Don't be stupid,’ Kingshaw had followed him, unasked, into the House block. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Never mind my real father who begged me to come down to Memphis ’cause he need somebody to pass on that big ole house to. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s not allowed, especially if somebody like Edna is around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a rusty half of an oil barrel that somebody must’ve been using for a barbecue. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he was wrestling, he had this look, the intense stare of somebody who wants to beat you, sure, but more than that he wants to eat you, caveman style. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Hey, kid, want a seat?” somebody asks me, patting the place next to him and staring at my grandfather hair. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve only seen the lobby a few times, when somebody else would get off on this floor, but I’ve got a favorite cover that I look for every time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, if giving somebody a job is exploiting them, then I guess I’m an exploiter. Those jobs didn’t exist before I started the business.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A secret somebody you didn’t have to feel sorry for or have to fight for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His best hope was that somebody else would walk in and step on him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I went through the apartment room by room, closet by closet, wondering just what I would do if I found somebody in there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

That's what the guy said, The dog didn't make it, like the dog was on its way someplace or meeting somebody for lunch. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Genie peeked around the corner, and even though he couldn’t see anything in the dark, he could tell there was somebody sitting at the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She’s listening to somebody shouting through her cell phone, and jogs away from me back into her bedroom. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hoped somebody paid for all this one day. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Not that we could, anyway, but it would be nice if somebody would say “Hi.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Like here was somebody that could answer your questions? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s so easy to love somebody, I tell you, when there’s nothing else around. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Crank it up, Lula,” somebody called out, and the crowd tittered. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father told me that some of them were advertisements, offering a heavy winter coat for sale, or somebody’s services in writing a letter home, or perhaps a request to buy a demon watch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would somebody stop caring about their family?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“After all, I feel embarrassed getting a phone call from my daughter’s school that she hurt somebody.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You think if you drop out of school somebody’s gonna beg you to go back? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood by the door and said quietly, “I’m not happy, Kosi. I love somebody else. I want a divorce. I will make sure you and Buchi lack nothing.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I simply didn’t want to have to go through hour after hour of somebody telling me what to do. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“No. I change my mind. You find somebody else to spill the beans.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s an off day when I don’t get somebody telling me how edible I smell.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

From out in the hallway, there’s a screeching noise, followed by a bang—what sounds like somebody opening and closing their apartment door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I yell for somebody to call the cops. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Can somebody sit her up a little straighter in her chair?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I swannee to God,” somebody breathed, and the room was quiet for a moment. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He stands there for a while just looking at me and then he drops his clipboard to the floor like that’s supposed to impress somebody. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Making somebody work hard isn’t as easy as it looks, some folks are good at it and some folks aren’t. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was somebody singing about how somebody else was leaving. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go over what happens if somebody tries to kidnap you,” Libby says. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

What do you know, Chris remembers he came with somebody and walks over to our table. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“He probably ran,” Roy said, “because he was afraid somebody would call his mom.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, as if somebody had thrown a switch, phone calls started pouring in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her back to me, singing a little something, maybe it was Lesley Gore, maybe not, but definitely somebody from her high school days. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Any rumblings around about somebody trying to sabotage the Saigon government’s attitude certainly have no, absolutely no credibility as far as I’m concerned.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She is trying to get somebody to chip in so they can buy a bicycle from this kid named Tito. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She kept writing in her book. And she kept working up the courage to show it to somebody. And then she just stopped.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her face begins to blur as though somebody went at it with a giant eraser. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

These were the kind of folks that never went anywhere in their lives, so somebody different, they wanted to know about. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she’ll have found somebody else to camp with,” I suggested lamely, and pushed the pie away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there had to be somebody to run these machines, to check the nuts and bolts of executions, to study it like an art. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't care, except that it's pretty disgusting to watch somebody pick their nose. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry waited for somebody else to get to their feet; he expected speeches, probably from the Minister, but nobody moved. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“From Teacher Zhang. He wanted somebody to bring you a message about a meeting at school tomorrow, and I volunteered. You haven’t been to school for days. I wondered if you were sick or something.'” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I see the silhouette of somebody standing up in the front row. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“So what we’re all supposed to be on the lookout for, 1 suppose, is somebody driving a truck full of fat fish and gasoline cans, que no?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabella holds up her fists like she might punch somebody. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was wishing that somebody would come over to us because I knew Peaches loved to dance and I figured that maybe a little shaking would get her out of her bad mood. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

May would tell Cletus and me, if she was here right now, that it’s okay to grab for something or somebody that’s being swept away from you. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A rocket won’t fly unless somebody lights the fuse,” I said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He came back, pulling a blade; I would have shot him, but somebody grabbed him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katz cried in astonishment, as if somebody had just thrown a bucket of ice water over him, and scooted inside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing, Minerva adds, real breezy and smart the way she can be so cool, is the poor man’s already engaged to somebody else. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there was nothing else to do, and we heard somebody was going to get a beating, we might even go so far as to gather around his door to hear it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Someday, she thought, somebody's going to wake up to this every morning. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"Just because somebody zapped the old man doesn't mean he's going to kill again. Dad says . . ." Doug paused. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most times, knocking on somebody’s door in this neighborhood, this late, is asking for trouble. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My neck tingled, as if somebody else was looking at me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That is, somebody lost them. They’re gone. They weren’t there in the pile of luggage from the ship. One of my skirts was really cute too! And Akira had a baseball jacket.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe somebody else on the bus would drop out or die or something and she'd be able to move away from him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

You can’t sit in a park all night waiting for somebody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Following the piece, they invited themselves to my apartment and I welcomed them, hoping that somebody still had some drugs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mom and I were finishing the dinner dishes when somebody banged on the door. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They both kept thinking of places as fast as they could, then they'd think of somebody that lived there and mention their name. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

His mother said, “Roy, honey, they’re not going to arrest him. But he needs to be taught a lesson. He could seriously hurt somebody, picking on smaller kids the way he does.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at once came the dispiriting realization that even if somebody looked into the compartment, he would be neither seen nor heard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Way at the back of the church, somebody went floating by in a flying-trapeze kind of outfit, which is also not the kind of thing you should wear to a funeral. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then it's like somebody flipped a switch and the old Mom is back, giving orders. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess somebody back home knows what they’re doing,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Liyana was trying to say “Excuse me” to somebody and she said something like “monkey's heart.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to leave, talking about how it was her home and no thugs were gonna run her out, not even when somebody broke in and stole her television. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“A robot with a trigger that shot glass projectiles. It was a cannon! You could’ve put somebody’s eye out with that thing.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

"It makes you somebody. It gives you people." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

What if somebody like Big Tony grabbed the puppy? Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of druggies used to live there. They got evicted, so they trashed the place and bolted in the middle of the night. They dumped Radar out on the street like somebody’s garbage.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hate somebody, to be angry, and to place blame on everything and everyone for this moment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But Porter was not waiting to kill somebody, meaning anybody, before morning. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Economic inequality tore friends and families apart, as did simply the accusation that somebody wanted intentionally to hurt someone else. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The new one felt intrusively unfamiliar, like having somebody else’s hand sewn to the end of his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Two bucks for a candle? What a racket! Maybe you could convince somebody from the old country to shell out for that kind of thing, but not here in the U.S.A.!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I saw him bend down and touch somebody. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoy seeing my work, a mirror of me, tile upon tile stacked up, knowing that the shape of my knee will one day give shelter to somebody. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe Valerie or somebody had told her when she first came in how stupid I was. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps part of the terror they had caused me to feel came from the fact that I unquestionably wanted to be somebody’s little boy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

And this isn’t Nazi Germany just because somebody painted a Nazi symbol. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“She kept it on her desk all day. She said somebody in her church got promoted after fasting with the handkerchief.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After I have been startled a couple of times in the street by the screaming of the tramcars, which resembles the shriek of a shell coming straight for one, somebody taps me on the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care. If I like somebody, I like her, and that’s that.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

You can just be walking with somebody or going to the store and get shot because some dude don’t know how to shoot straight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was deliberate, somebody sending him a message. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of power; here everyone sized everyone else up, wondering how much of a “somebody” each was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don't mean he wasn't witty or anything--he was--but sometimes it gets on your nerves when somebody's always saying things like "So you and Pencey are no longer one." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It is nice to be able to tell somebody when our rockets work,” I admitted. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What Bible? Not the Greek Bible. Go ask somebody else what’s on that test.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Granny kept nodding and smiling, like greeting folks at church, and reached up like to touch somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

‘Won’t somebody give us a bit of a song, while the sun is high?’ said Merry, when they had finished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you don’t sell them, somebody else will,” my cousin told me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got up, June said, “Lord, I feel woozy, like somebody has pulled the plugs in my feet and drained me out.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I guess she was just dying to tell somebody. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once somebody told Granny what their name was, she never lost a chance to use it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even when somebody else was speaking and she was supposed to be focused on that person, her eyes would be on Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Girl, when I found out I could sell it—that somebody would pay cold cash for it, you could have knocked me over with a feather.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their purses have somebody’s initials stamped all over them, just like the ones I saw at the Winterset Collection. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Why is it suddenly such a big deal to be going out with somebody? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But since Hudson’s the one who kissed somebody else, it still feels like he really ended things. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It's a ski resort, but it's not pretentious. In Jackson, they say people who go to Aspen expect somebody to tie their ski boots up for them,” Georgina said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The black keys play sad sounds, like somebody crying. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Momma got a saying: “Don’t go getting full of yourself ’cause soon as you do, somebody’s gonna come and let the wind out of your sails.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I’m remembering how those other boys messed with me on that day after Juju’s party, and all of a sudden it’s like my body’s taking orders from somebody else. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he had to look at all the pictures—Jeff in a tuxedo at his freshman prom, Jeff being sworn in as president of his sophomore class, Jeff shaking hands with somebody important. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean her against a railing, in front of somebody’s brownstone stairs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way she said it. Not like the ‘me’ was some tough somebody, or somebody she had put together for show. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for somebody to be with joy that I was born. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Officer Delinko had been dozing, somebody had sprayed all the windows of his squad car with black paint. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anything you need, just holler. You need somebody to walk you home?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“And I brought you to somebody who actually wanna help you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll have to stay in the barn. I’m not supposed to leave my company. Wait, I’ll tell somebody where I’m going just in case they want me.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tragic mulatto. What a stupid thing to call somebody! Somebody called you that?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, we’re definitely good again, because here Malik is, going in on somebody on my behalf. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Then I reckon I’ll have to find somebody to boost me up,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Doug described it to me, “It feels like somebody’s driven a nail between my eyes.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard somebody come in the front hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I have enough kids. What I need is somebody who can help me out.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The radio was no good tonight—somebody sang popular songs that all ended in the same way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to hit somebody, and I certainly didn’t plan on breaking the nose of a mafioso math teacher. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dudes who use those final words to hurt somebody, to kill one last time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The shells begin to hiss like safety-valves—heavy fire— "Take cover!” yells somebody—"Cover!” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Long Fiction, somebody plays my song before class starts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As he comes back I can hear him talking to somebody. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The sergeant had called for a medic and somebody rolled up Tayo’s sleeve; they told him to sleep, and the next day they all acted as though nothing had happened. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But like when it’s about somebody being sick and stuff it’s even worse. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You stay in the booths there eight hours a day until you bring somebody in.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t worry. It wasn’t Salim. It was somebody else. Some other boy.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned it in the church I used to go to. You don’t have to wait for a prayer. You say it when somebody says something or does something you really like.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All here, Rhine. Name and current address. And big surprise! She does know somebody in San Francisco.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When somebody comes up from the rear to pass us, he growls. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wanna tell her that you can’t say the word awesome in Newark without somebody looking at you sideways, but what would it matter? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But what if the rescuers are looking for us there and not here? What if. Adina swallowed hard. “What if there’s somebody else on this island with us?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"I thought it was somebody I knew," I said. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If somebody knows quite a lot about those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I am not one to let somebody pound on my best friend’s scrawny back. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Some day somebody will push your face in." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Gistan and Stuck, we close, but not like it is with somebody knew you from when you was born and you got to manhood at the same time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I think somebody on the boat is lonely. He and his girlfriend back home are probably totally into secret codes and junk.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Got somebody waiting for you?" he asks, his lips parted in a toothy grin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She lowers her voice and asks with suspicious, squinted eyes, “Did you kill somebody?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If they're not at home, you can bet on a stack of pancakes that they are within yoo-hooing distance of somebody who knows them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The child is alive, I heard the cry, I heard it,” somebody said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it's somebody, and I vote for the nurse. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to hear somebody call it what it was: terrible. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Milady Kelly phoned me at work. They're all off for pie and chips after work ’cause it's somebody's birthday, so we've got room for one more.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You asked me to come directly to you, Professor, if anyone was wandering around at night, and somebody’s been in the library — Restricted Section.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And somebody else, an aunt, is retiring from her job in that candy store. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you grow up, no matter how hard you scrub, whatever you do, there will always be some other stain or spot on your face or stupid act, somebody frowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the next room, we could hear somebody getting whipped. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the big rock at the bottom of the hill. And I went back the next day and it was gone. I couldn’t believe somebody actually took it!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"I should have thought that was obvious. Mister Bromios said that you could use his sitting room. There's somebody there who needs to talk to you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to shake off the rainwater when somebody behind me grabbed my coat collar and spun me around. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“The flies, sah. It means somebody has done bad medicine for this house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But somebody who does that to another person? It isn’t an accident. It will happen again.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the year two million that is, when they build a road to here and somebody gets a car. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Day after tomorrow, Saturday morning. The man in charge, a Doctor somebody, said they had some more checking to do in town tomorrow. They’re coming with an extermination truck—cyanide gas, I think.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were dark smudges under his eyes, the frayed edges of somebody who hadn’t slept in a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all I knew, I was somebody who was not afraid of heights. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Soon, word got to the district commissioner in Enugu, who sent somebody to take them to the Department of Antiquities in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When somebody sent word to Mr. Farnam, why, he just walked into the depot and led her back home to her pigs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We arrived and all I could think about was bumping into somebody famous. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She's absolutely adamant that the first one, the one in the atrium, was put there by somebody else. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“She spies on everybody. Don’t take it personally. Staring at somebody without making a peep is her idea of a conversation.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or,” she said, hesitating a moment, because it felt like calling somebody “And” or “But.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But you just said you could only see three sets of footprints. Is there any sign that somebody might’ve been going after them?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The village crazy lady was somebody else, an inappropriate woman whom the people stoned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure! Hardly a day goes by somebody doesn’t take a belt at the Russians.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a bad thing somebody had done just for the sake of it, like why Dr Death killed his patients. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter what I believe. The hospital’s gotta spank somebody, and I was an easy target. It’s just the way things work.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any help. In fact, I was planning on asking her about that too, if she could pass along the name of somebody good.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was about to get up to use a computer when somebody sat down at the table across from me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the way I’d seen Kat struggle into her fur-collared jacket, the morning she’d rushed out to get the photos of the strange man enlarged. souvenir shot was not somebody waving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got up, somebody was yelling, “Call nine-one-one!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I kept jerking around, backward, as though somebody might be listening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said “friend" in English; the tame word parents used because they could not desecrate their tongues with “boyfriend," even though it was exactly what they meant: somebody romantic, a marriage prospect. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, we got another complaint on Mancuso today from somebody who says a small man wearing a sombrero pressed up against her in a bus last night,” the detective said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celie, who coincidentally, was in the exact same role as my mother, didn’t have somebody to stop Mr. from abusing her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not fair to ask a girl to be with somebody who can’t really be with her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's so happy just knowing somebody loves him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To somebody like Abelman that letter was like a savings bond, a blank draft on a bank. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he is a hypocrite; that he is shaping a story for himself to tell somebody, to tell his father; naturally. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved so gracefully, as if she were dancing, as if there really was somebody to see her, or as if it wen enough that she should see herself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was writing a book on how colored people live and he says somebody stole all the facts he’d found. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard somebody at the door.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was somebody who fell asleep reading in bed; she dropped her book.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know one thing,” Mary said, “somebody’s going to pay me for this, and that’s the truth. I’m going to sue the city.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the first time I’ve been somebody’s b-bad dream. Anyway, now I know what a fish feels like. I think I like Chicago better.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were bound to need somebody like him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

That asking permission to touch somebody was funny, but that you really didn’t want to be touched by somebody who didn’t ask. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Will somebody please tell me what is happening?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He said he wasn’t, that he figured he’d find somebody better before he actually had to go through with it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Salim couldn’t have stayed on the pod for another ride, nor had my watch gone wrong, nor could he have hidden under somebody’s clothes without our noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pictures passed around the table, and were examined with the noncommittal expression you see on the faces of people looking at pictures of somebody else’s family. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that if I were at somebody else’s house, we’d be rolling on the floor and laughing at this. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody always put the saddle on and took it off, and somebody else had always curried the animals for her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said somebody might see us!” she shouted, leaning forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Persuading somebody to sign the petition was hell. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody was standing in the doorway, she could tell that someone was standing in the doorway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe somebody will,” said Mom, “but whoever that ‘somebody’ is, they don’t live in this house. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“All we need now is somebody to take charge.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Every so often, somebody would come up with the idea of putting a penny on the track and getting it run over by the coal cars to make a big flat medal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, from another campground, I hear somebody belting out “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“A rocket won’t fly unless somebody lights the fuse!” he declared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

First, somebody pulling the survey stakes; then dumping the alligators in the latrines; then spray-painting his squad car while he was asleep inside—this was the work of bold and defiant perpetrators. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“United Estates! United Estates!” somebody in the back row mimics. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Who would want to hurt somebody so nice? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That must be her! My grandmother! Sing. Did she marry a man named—” “I knew there was somebody in your family named Sing! ” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she even gave it to somebody and said, ‘Don’t mail this until next week,’ so it wouldn’t get to us very fast. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And you want her to be ruler of the world?” somebody asked. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then somebody at the Board of Health calls the Department of Children and Family Services. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do remind me of somebody in the movies, Dad. I can’t think of who it is. No, I got it. You remind me of Bambi,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like somebody had backed the cement truck up to the honey house, swung the pipe over to my chest, and started pouring. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared of what I become if I murder somebody,” she said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is that any way to treat somebody who's down on her luck? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then I think of how there are exactly seven people now who know I have Judd Travers’s dog, and it’s only a matter of time before somebody lets it out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody kick you in the head at soccer practice, or what?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the rain washed Mammachi’s spit off his face, it didn’t stop the feeling that somebody had lifted off his head and vomited into his body. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Naked them! Take the trousers and shirts!” somebody shouted. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But somebody sure is yelling up there, and so I sneak up the stairs and I don't even have to put my ear to the door, that's how loud it is. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then a third, even closer, and immediately, off to his left, he heard somebody screaming. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that mutt has got some retriever in him,” said somebody behind me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said it aloud, half expecting to hear somebody answer him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look to Agent Magnus, wondering if maybe somebody should do something about the witch battle going on above, but he doesn’t seem the least bit interested. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when he looked at me, I felt the coldness, like somebody was dripping ice water down my back. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s empty. It looks like somebody’s fixing it up. If anybody calls out, don’t run. Tell them we’re looking for Prince George Street. Tell them we’re lost. Don’t look guilty.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit down at one table, but the kid in the next chair said, “Oh, sorry, but somebody else is sitting here.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s not his fault somebody threw a punch!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It would be too embarrassing to come all the way from Puerto Rico so she could be somebody’s maid. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pretended it was somebody at a washing machine not paying attention to what he was doing and getting his whole body pulled through and wrungeded out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"And how are you feeling today, Mrs..." somebody said, and the name sounded long and full of I's, like Mrs. Tomolillo. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We stumbled into a wine cellar—a bunch of dusty bottles in wooden racks—like we were walking through somebody’s basement, only there was no exit above us, just more tunnels leading on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had one of those haircuts that looked like somebody put a bowl on his head and cut around it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Heard Rondell’s voice and the sound of somebody tearing open our bag of charcoal. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He counted, sometimes repeating a number or even backing up if he thought somebody hadn’t done a good job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not have enough work to do because a thief’s life is always based on somebody else’s work. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Or I’d hail somebody in sight distance. Or if my net was set and I was doing all right I’d wait for somebody to come into sight distance and hail them at that point.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am rather ashamed of writing to you so soon again but if I disguise my writing in the direction I am in hopes the post master at Newcastle will think it is somebody else.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would somebody tell a story like that and not finish? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Why should the group chaplain write this on a letter ?” “Perhaps somebody else wrote it and forged his name.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I used to keep cash money in there. But not since I read bout somebody breakin’ in a store in Atlanta and cartin’ off the safe to blow up later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I didn’t really wanna read what somebody wrote about me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lena’s blue hair makes people notice her now, which is strange for somebody who mostly seems to want to keep to herself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You must have had the experience where somebody comments on your expression and you didn’t know you were making it,” Ekman says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But however amazing dogs can be, they cannot see somebody’s imaginary friend. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Had she known somebody was watching her from behind, I'm sure she would have been embarrassed. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

All you need is to know somebody on the other side, waiting to cross you over. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to stare but you end up thinking, How did somebody get all the cuts to line up so perfect like that? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if somebody is trying to put you onto something, you need to listen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dimly sensed that somebody was rescuing him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked really angry, like she was going to tan somebody’s backside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Make sure you put it into a jar which is used often,’ somebody said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandma deserves more than being the punch line of somebody’s bad jokes. Her name means something, just like everyone else’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His voice was deep for somebody dressed like he was. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They felt they were helping at the execution of somebody whom they loved very much, for the odds were too heavy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If somebody had fixed things for me when I was a gal, I sure would’ve taken it.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the shooting stopped and I heard somebody outside say, “They got the guy with the automatic weapon and it was some Arab!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll write a prescription and you can try one of those people who trade, but it should be somebody reliable, of course.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they found the horse, it was still standing there, tied to the fence, only somebody had come along and stolen the saddle off it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody’s got a piece, security puts it in a bucket nearby and returns it once the Ring lets out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the card somebody had written, "Get well quick! from all of your good friends at Ladies' Day," in lavender ink. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Everybody knows you don’t put your chapped lips all over somebody without permission. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It means “reluctant to associate with others,” and it might describe somebody who, during a party, would stand in a corner and not talk to anyone. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed,” said somebody. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I think somebody’s got it in for Mother Paula. I think it’s some kind of revenge deal.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to study war, punk. Hostages. You take somebody to control somebody else.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe their contact in the ration office knows somebody in our ration office." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm only kidding. You left your engagement ring on the sink again. Better go get it before somebody steals that, too." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody just out of high school, who’d flunked PE and hung out with the shop boys smoking at recess. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were keeping their voices low inside the church and only once in the while could I understand somebody shouting out “Yessir!” or “Lord almighty!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Gibbon said, “He lost half his strength. Most of them got taken prisoner. He’s mad as a hornet, lookin’ for somebody to blame it on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she had to tell somebody about what had happened with the glass. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in his underwear holding the notebook, he looked like somebody out of an old, funny movie and Brian had trouble keeping a straight face. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Watching them drive off, I felt puffed up and proud to of helped somebody in trouble. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Also, maybe because it’s not that hard to remember fifty words somebody asked you two days ago. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When you harm somebody, you owe it to them to make things right. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This was probably the first chance he had got to spiel these ideas out to somebody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I always knew they would come back and claim me to do some good for somebody. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

You can’t grab it Maybe, Djo, he means that you can only love somebody if you are willing to see them truthfully. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept jerking awake with itchy watering eyes, wishing he could talk to somebody who would understand: Jomo, his aunty, Anulika. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on one of the seat planks, staring up at the moon and wondering how long it would take for somebody to spot us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She didn't want Tina, or anybody else, to catch her with her head down. park It felt wrong to sit next to somebody every day and not talk to her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mom helps, or whoever wants to—usually somebody does. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course,” said somebody else, a man. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A long time later, when mothers started calling their kids in to dinner, I changed the thought: She’s not going for somebody. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lena . . “What do you know about somebody not being good enough for somebody else? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, if I could just figure out how to design poetry as well as I design clothing, I could turn myself into somebody special. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because if it is Tina," he said—you could tell that he still didn't believe that it was, "you need to tell somebody." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to force himself on somebody else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you’d wake up soon. You can’t imagine how boring it is to sit and watch somebody sleep. It’s like counting stones in a wall.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I think somebody figures if I see Nam first, everything else is going to look good to me.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pick a fight with somebody. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jody might get over his mad spell any time at all and begin to act like somebody towards her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"No, somebody ... I mean, I think somebody took them." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m a little scared. But I’m doing this for my family, for you and your brother. I gotta show that I am somebody—no one else is gonna do that for me.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was so relieved to hear somebody who sounded sympathetic that I nodded and said we’d love to come in. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how maybe somebody in Mexico might have one for him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It makes you feel good to know somebody’s thinking about you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you tell the sheriff somebody shot a hole in your house?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there alone, I now heard another noise behind me, like somebody breathing heavy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Her mother did not think so; her mother’s voice over the phone line the next day was grave, the solemn tone that would be used to talk about somebody who had died. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the locker room Glen and Trip were playing chess and somebody, probably Trip, had a radio on blasting out some reggae. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He told me he slept about four hours a night but later confessed, “I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We only let him play with us when we were bored and felt like beating somebody. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody smiles all the day every day, you know that you ain’t the reason. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Something somebody said,” my father repeated, making sure to stress each “some.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And when somebody gives you directions, it’s simple: “Climb the hill and the village is down below.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it could happen that somebody you knew might come in here. That your real hair color?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to keep up a conversation with somebody you’d rather not even be speaking to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You know, that woman is somebody’s mother and somebody ought to take care.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It was parked and somebody crashed into it. They didn't leave a note." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Which made me think: What it they do arrest somebody? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted somebody who had a direct effect on education. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Glad, in a way, that somebody knows: that I don’t have to carry this whole secret on my head alone. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night she came home with somebody—he looked very young. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to tell somebody to get rid of them before a child got sick. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They told Weary that he and Billy had better find somebody to surrender to. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um...so I guess you heard what somebody did to my room.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Guys like that always try to mess with somebody else to make them feel better, and I just wasn’t in the mood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was trying to find a way to hitch it under my belt when I heard somebody shout. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There goes somebody we thought was dead—guess he ain’t dead. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier pulled him off and was fumbling at his own trousers when somebody said, “No! Target Destroyer is next!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not worried. Just wish I had somebody else to write to, that’s all.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will said, “The only way to make any money is to sell something somebody else makes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could see Black laughing at him through the darkness, as though somebody had pasted the picture from the album over his eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to answer, but somebody beats me to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘There are only two possibilities, Ted. There are only two theories. He either vanished of his own accord - or of somebody else’s.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Val brought the beers, Jimmy handed her a hundred-dollar bill and told her to keep them coming until it was gone or somebody hit the floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s wrecking your game. Doesn’t he belong to somebody?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Until recently, if somebody said gosh darn, she would nearly faint. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, we just set the whole pack of kids loose in somebody’s playroom and cracked open a bottle of wine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt that as long as I sat down, I was not helping Mr. Muhammad—when somebody needed to be standing up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad had a voice like someone on TV, somebody who would try to sell you record compilations. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I was professional enough about it, I didn’t make mistakes, but somehow it felt as if I were gearing up to fight somebody else’s war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some one took hold of me under the arms and somebody else lifted my legs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Surely somebody in Seattle could come up with the money. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you haven’t got democracy yourself, how can you carry it to somebody else?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like I said, how can somebody hate you if they died while you were still a baby????? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She said that she thought somebody’s house was on fire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It could have been like when somebody lost a lot of weight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I said not everybody likes having somebody with a ukulele sing “Happy Birthday” to them. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“That,” Glen moaned, “is for me not to know, and for you boys to find out. Removing his hat, Bruno scratched his head. “You mean somebody came in here tonight and stole all those fish?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A twelve-year-old kid calls the police and says he’s running a huge business and somebody has taken over the house of his stockbroker? Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have to wait for somebody who gets it right,” said Luna. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I kept thinking I could hear people moving outside. I even thought I saw somebody once or twice.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Because of its thinness the mouth and eyes looked disproportionately large, and the eyes seemed filled with a murderous, unappeasable hatred of somebody or something. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If the letter was writ fancy, like this one was, with swirlingness and curlycues and such nonsense it only meant one thing: A friendly white person was writing to let you know somebody was dead. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Besides, the only parent I wanted was my mother, and if I could not have her, then having nobody was better than somebody else. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That meant somebody had to have seen the bruises that sometimes peeked from under Toby’s shirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In my experience, when you lose somebody you care about, they stay gone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Skeeter always look like somebody else told her what to wear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“He sent me fifty dollars. Mom says he loves somebody else. Not a kid. A grown-up. He might get another wife.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When somebody had problems with garbage pickup or snow plowing or was irritated by a pothole, my dad was there to listen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“At least you could step outside every day without somebody trying to kill you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have no idea how long it takes for somebody to die. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Probably Piers would rather have somebody younger instead — and Maud is so pretty, even though Maud is the one who put all of those slugs in his bed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care whether it did them good. The fact is they did somebody else harm.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone and dialed Mommy’s house long-distance, got her on the phone, and told her I had somebody who wanted to talk to her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trust me,” Duane says, texting somebody, probably a girl who likes guys in big shirts, “this is an upgrade.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tell her somebody tried to shoot me, but I’m okay, I’m just a little short of breath. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean I really wished I had a wife and kids, somebody somewhere that loved me in a way I could look forward to going back to the World to. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool,” somebody else would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I had a view of was somebody's shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Old people. Just somebody to sit with them for a while.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“So if somebody finds one of them, we’ll still have the other.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I just noticed what a stupid haircut somebody gave her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The one before was on Columbus’ or Garibaldi’s or somebody’s birthday. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the time to make them small and even. Remember, somebody will wear this, probably over and over until it’s worn through. A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The woman who had been serving drinks came out wiping her hands on her apron and talked to somebody inside the bus. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t come out, it’s too cold,’ somebody shouts at her or at my father, who steps out onto the porch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think somebody said it used to be a jail-house too." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had first noticed her from the other side of the track and figured she was somebody's mother...until she didn't sit down with the rest of the corny kids' cheering squad. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Two or three times he stopped and stared back like he thought somebody was coming behind us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick somebody his own size, and maybe they gang up on the big guy. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” said the storekeeper, thoughtfully, “there’s somebody in this town you really ought to meet.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I He stopped writing as he became aware that somebody was reading over his shoulder. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Thank heaven you’re here,” she said, peering through the dimness, “thank heaven somebody’s here.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess trading away your prime of life is a fair price for somebody flying you out of that hellhole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I might have given my phone number to somebody at a dance or a party and then forgotten about it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else’s. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain’t that something? A secondhand lonely.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Camp had gone to work early that day, and since Papa thought any lady taking a train should have somebody see her off, he told me to drive Aunt Loma to the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His words come out slow, like somebody turned down the tempo on his voice. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Turns out somebody did a study on children and their imaginary friends. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They can travel around on the board all day by themselves and they are happy that they don’t have to just stand there and wait for somebody to pick them up and move them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In less than a year, we’ve become super close, and Emily is now somebody I trust completely and count as one of my best friends. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

To get them away, you have to wish them on to somebody else.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

‘We need, like, a designated medic to carry the potion - somebody who can react quickly and heal whoever gets killed.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She had engaged a maid for me, Clarice, the daughter of somebody on the estate, a nice quiet well-mannered girl, who, thank heaven, had never been in service before and had no alarming standards. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Come up to somebody they don’t even know and ask why they read books? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of my skin if somebody so much as dropped a nickel on the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chatter, chatter, chatter! I never heard such a place for chatter. There’s always somebody talking in this room,” said a shrill voice at the window. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“My mother told me once that she wanted to be a lady—somebody who wore lace and rode in a fancy carriage. But it never happened,” she mumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got the pants up and said, “A guy just came by and said somebody dropped a bomb on Joey’s church.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The white people danced as though somebody had trained them—left, one, two; right, three, four—the same steps and patterns over and over, as though somebody had wound them up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to run into somebody at some point,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those ledges up there? They’re covered with dust, and the inspectors will be looking. So tomorrow, make sure somebody takes care of that along with all the rest.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticking a knife through somebody’s chest and watching in their terrified eyes as the life drains out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Get somebody who makes her living by writing to write some very persuasive letters.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, my friends," says Duke, "it's time somebody organized it. Dog Squad? To the rescue!" Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“The dead cow is still out there, Mother. I want to get it before somebody else does.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s rough as sandpaper and wilted, like it sat through a rainstorm after blowing out of somebody’s pocketbook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Part of me wanted to shake her, hard, and say, ‘Hey, I know things suck for you right now, but can you find somebody else’s shoulder to cry on? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I mean, you have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like somebody had just yanked the world out from under her feet Behind us, the battle raged. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A son can never go to somebody else’s house to live. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something called London by somebody called Pennant, six volumes bound in red leather—massive books, two feet tall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Could somebody be alone with another person so close? 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't been there two minutes when somebody brought Tom Buchanan in for a drink. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Where somebody leaves a mirror and a razor behind in a tree so the next fella can catch a quick shave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A “code”? Wasn’t that like on those TV hospital shows, when somebody... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dye it black for a while. Lots of people look like somebody else.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her senses were on high alert, as if somebody had snapped a rubber band against the base of her neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Was that somebody walking—somebody else awake besides her—Mister Singer? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It was just cool to have somebody take care of us for a change, instead of the other way around.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“One Dover Sole, pound and a half of Halibut, pint of Prawns and a Lobster,” said Mary Poppins, talking so quickly that only somebody used to taking such orders could possibly have understood her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But whenever somebody started a song, Mama Oji would clap, insistently, loudly, in accompaniment, and soon all the other neighbors would join in the clapping and Alice could not play. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a Connecticut Yankee in Milagro’s court, and a blind man could see that whatever he might know enough about to teach somebody would be totally irrelevant to these people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Estraven was no longer the King’s Ear, somebody else was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think that these are the glory days for that boy, and this moment will just be another story someday because all the people who make touchdowns and home runs will become somebody’s dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She always knew somebody, any place you took her, or thought she did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Herman E. Calloway seemed like the kind of person that would rather get bit in the behind by a snaggletooth mule than have somebody give him a kiss. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"He make the good things, and on the Easter we be sad because somebody makes him dead today." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

All I felt was angry and bitter and ready to kill somebody. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon somebody opened the front door and cracked the screen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I might mess around and make somebody fall in love with this breath. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Showing it off to somebody makes the place I’ve always known suddenly a lot more interesting. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then I started walking up the stairs to the principal's office so I could give the note to somebody that would bring it to her in her classroom. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If my nose itched, somebody was going to visit me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his bones would disappear—this was part of Arthur’s warning—until somebody found them scattered among the stained newsprint on the floor, looking like strips of white confetti. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We heard somebody shout and everybody hit the ground again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What grows on it?” the boy asked, thinking it must be something good to eat if somebody cared that much about a plant. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody step in that bat guano in the other room?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She left the room, pressing her fury back so she would be able to wait and wait until somebody returned. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because somebody calls the Cook County Board of Health and reports that a fifteen-year-old boy attending University High School has been home ill for three weeks. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he sent it back, though, it would only go to waste or to somebody else, and Major Major had a weakness for broiled lobster. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She sat by the window—somebody had stuck a blob of chewed gum on the pane—and spent long minutes looking again at the Social Security card and driver’s license that belonged to Ngozi Okonkwo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m inclined to tell somebody if his glass of water is dirty. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while there was somebody playing a guitar outside her door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It made your blood freeze to have somebody look at you like that. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if somebody was putting a hot iron on my wrist, then dragging it through the flesh. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew there was somebody she really liked, because her and her little friends were always giggling about something, and boys are usually the main thing little girls giggle about. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If somebody found it and saw all those empty food-coloring bottles, we were busted for sure. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His name will get tatted on somebody’s arm. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“The other tenants park inside, but you should see all the shouting that happens in the morning when somebody does not move their car out of the way, and somebody else is late for work!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then somebody suggested that we name ourselves the Freedom Writers, in honor of the Freedom Riders. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or of somebody trying to send me back. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody who worked in an office. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know it was a stupid thing to do, but anything’s better than allowing those fingers to hurt somebody else. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me finish. “My uncles, they had a plan to do something to Trujillo, but somebody told on them, and all three were shot, right on the spot.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was strange because it wasn’t something I could touch or lay out so somebody else would know what it was I was feeling. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it must be somebody I knew dressed up as a doctor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He should never have made up that elaborate story to disguise his search for the cave; somebody might ask him about it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did was duck back into the hemlocks to hide in case somebody, came along. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, you already are somebody who makes a difference,” I told him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Milkman that somebody had just clicked off a light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed out until midnight in case somebody needed an emergency ride. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” he said, “maybe. I guess once somebody got them, they could have taken them just about anywhere.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Let’s go in and see if it’s still in the jar,’ somebody said as we approached the sweet-shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her I dreamed the train hit somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every time you saw them, some butler was shoving some tea in front of them, or the wife was pouring it for somebody. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They also shared all the possible dangers that loomed in the air because somebody had said or done something that should not have been said or done. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You were going to get one of these, but now I’ll find somebody who deserves it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To get a license, one had to know somebody in the State Liquor Authority, and Jews working with Jews seemed to have the best S.L.A. contacts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I work. You work. Don’t need somebody behind us all the time to make us work.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes.’ Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I do, I’m denying somebody else. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"They were trying to trip me up. Trying to get me to say something that wasn't true, trying to get me to give information about somebody else, anything at all. They wrote it all down." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sooner or later somebody will reach Jose and tell him it’s not as bad as he thinks. That will bring him in. And this will all be resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were in somebody’s desk drawer,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"A savior is somebody who rescues someone or something from harm or danger," Helmuth begins. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was somebody watching through a window as my father approached our car that night? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And after all, didn’t somebody just make up the word pinna, too?” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. For somebody who was once invisible, I’m definitely making up for it now.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, like my third cousin, really. And he was runnin’ his mouth about how him and his dumb friends jacked somebody’s money at the library. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

If it’s that important, you’d think somebody would be able to do something to make the Central High students behave themselves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above Finn, somebody muttered something about being hungry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And on Sundays, when Ella, Mary, or somebody took me to church, I saw churches for black people such as I had never seen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother or somebody else had better come for me soon because I did not think this was a very nice place. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She was helping somebody with paintbrushes, but I thought it wouldn’t be rude to interrupt her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their place is all lit up, and somebody's music system is blasting away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps on some other anniversary of the United States somebody will read this and see what the cost has been. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We treat it the same way old ladies at Christ Temple treat their seats—if somebody ever beat us to our booth, we’d give them a stank-eye powerful enough to smite them on the spot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re just conducting war games. In war games somebody has to be designated as the enemy. When you get older, you’ll get to be Marines. You’ve just got to prove yourself worthy first.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re like a father—you act like somebody’s daddy: “Turn off the TV!” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think somebody said, "It's a boy, Mrs. Tomolillo," but the woman didn't answer or raise her head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let your feelings make you too ambitious on this one, Kate. If you overdo the dose, you might hurt somebody.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like when it was going to rain or snow or when somebody would be close to death or birth. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were heavy constructions of plywood, a sanded dowel for backstroke starts, puke-green carpet torn from somebody's basement stapled into the sloping tops for traction, and lane numbers spray-painted in orange on the backs. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She kicked her feet and swam for the surface, and what Raymie thought as they rose together was that it was the easiest thing in the world to save somebody. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, most of it is plastic and leather and metal, but I knew it would stay damp all day, even if somebody wiped it off real good when I got to school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

If somebody gave birth when Jaja first came here, the child would be talking now, would be in nursery school. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you let it go? To kill somebody?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’m glad somebody finds me beautiful, even if he is just eight years old! Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only guy on the force who’d try to arrest somebody away from his mother. And why did you bring in grampaw here? Ring up his family and tell them to come get him.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke couldn’t remember the last time somebody had gotten a punch in on Jimmy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Something like a hungry cat when somebody approaches her pan with meat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She probably meant something like “Would somebody please wipe my face?” but it made Violet and Klaus look at each other. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He should build a Lego zombie. With somebody’s eyeballs and human brains dripping out of its mouth.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The sound from the living room was diminished now as if somebody had lowered the collective volume of the voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tim leads me out into the backyard, which kind of looks like a golf course where somebody trimmed every blade of grass with scissors. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was refreshing for Olanna to be with somebody who was far removed from the circle of friends she had shared with Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"If you fight like that, somebody's going to turn it off for you." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If our hearts were feet, they'd surely kick somebody! the other infinity We are the chosen people, our grandmother tells us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was like riding a roller coaster while somebody every twenty seconds hits the front end with a giant sledgehammer. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is long and scrawny like somebody grabbed his greasy brown hair and pulled up to stretch him out. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A dented relic of the Afghan war, it was as big as a school bus, seated twenty-six passengers, and looked like it had been riveted together in somebody’s backyard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Time somebody looked after her so’s she won’t need to run off any more. Next summer she’ll go to your school, like I always wanted.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for Nicole, but not as terrible as I would have felt if it had happened to somebody nice or at least not a rich gorgeous snob. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody’s been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our friend Ashley added, “Also, yesterday somebody posted our phone numbers in the boys’ bathroom with—well, with dirty stuff.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There is somebody in San Francisco who can help us. I’ve got the address here somewhere.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he kept returning to this: suppose somebody, or a couple of people, or maybe even a cop, was shot up there? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We know the Fifth will mess up. They should take somebody good. ” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Naturally it shocked us half to death to hear somebody caterwauling at Father this way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to say was “I can’t help it if somebody has a problem with my existence. I can’t solve that for you.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No way would a goddess be worried about Frank, especially when there was somebody like Percy Jackson to worry about. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was waiting there, hidden, praying that somebody—Gareth perhaps?—would be able to do the miracle quickly: or, if not, that they would overlook him, that his absence would not be noticed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was sure that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who informed of their movements,” said Professor McGonagall darkly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Whoever’s supposed to be in all those bandages. You might really be weeping for somebody else. How do you know he’s even alive ?” “What a terrible thing to say!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And the second question—the pipe cleaner. Did Colonel Arbuthnot drop it, or somebody else?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least that somebody who worked with him might know what happened. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It always seemed exciting to me when I met somebody from exotic places like Keystone or Iaeger, mining towns on the other side of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

An officer wanted to start an investigation and somebody else wanted to frag the cooks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad, shouldn’t you be giving this to somebody at the Justice Department? Why do you want me to hand it over to the newspaper?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grover—that snipping of the yarn. Does that mean somebody is going to die?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we all would have liked to go to sleep but somebody had to clean up,” Henry said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be somebody she used to know.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I went to your old house and somebody told me to come here.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We soon found out that cameraderie of the road really means eating somebody’s dust. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You can’t, you know, get to somebody when they want to be on their own.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s great having somebody to study with, even though I do okay on my own. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headmaster, the police, somebody would come help us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He should have been a lawyer or an accountant or somebody’s father by now. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if somebody had changed channels and then switched back to the war. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Supposing somebody put a gun to your head and forced you to choose, Ishmael. Is there a God or isn’t there?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was bracing myself to see a dumb tree branch or cement block somebody had tossed in to anchor a buoy come up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, “Yes. That is a thing you’re looking at. You haven’t lied to yourself.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Won’t somebody say No to Satan and give their life to the Lord?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was a little thing, of course, but it helped her be somebody. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His smile was creepy and sad at the same time, the kind you see on somebody who has nothing to lose. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I caught sight of somebody moving through the grass. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do you think somebody out there might hear, might help?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“McCoy tried to save her and couldn’t. Now he worships the scoreboard because...why? It killed somebody.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Dicey wasn’t the kind to argue and beg when somebody said no. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t see that the Siriono were walking through a landscape that had been shaped by somebody else. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And what a lovely gentleman he must be, to have a feather bed! “I suppose I should have to share it with somebody?” he added doubtfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropping twelve pounds wouldn’t be easy, even for somebody as committed as Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You would have thought I was John Dil- linger or somebody. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The prayer will have to be done by somebody else. If they kill you, they can burn me. I shall take my death as meekly as any Christian queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to be happy by herself, but I need to hear somebody’s voice besides my own. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn't important, I know, but I hate it when somebody has cheap suitcases. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s gaining volume and kind of enjoying ridiculing me, the way somebody just a few years older than you can love power more than genuinely old people like your parents. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s no big deal for somebody to go running past our house; half the people in town seemed to jog around. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

That's something that annoys hell out of me--I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was a tellin’ somebody that Albert’s son was in trouble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I heard Newcharlie calling out to somebody. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My lawyer asked me to give him a name of somebody who would come to speak for me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ruby said gently, “Jose, they shot a bullet through your window. It could have killed somebody.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a poem by somebody who really thinks about things, and that somebody turned out to be Tyrone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the front of the wardrobe somebody had painted a picture of Indians coming out of the woods, carrying bows and arrows, wearing warpaint and bright headdresses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe her mom realized that she'd pretty much forfeited the right to ask questions for all eternity when she dumped Eleanor at somebody's house for a year. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They brought the ball into their center and two of them cut, crisscrossing near the foul line looking for somebody to lose their man for the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, the four Kincaid children neither waited for each other nor walked together, except for Kevin, who was somebody’s charge each week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she sat, moved, talked, did everything, bespoke somebody who did and got exactly what she wanted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was like somebody in a cartoon, with stars vibrating around the head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Someone flushed so much pot down one of the toilets in the sculpture studio they had to get somebody in from the Water Department to dig up the septic tank. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Probably somebody done your cooking for you, once." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Can you shoot somebody with it? he said. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It made me feel good to see somebody finally stand up against a man like that,” she finished up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And the evangelist said, “Young man, God isn’t somebody to mess around with. Sit down, or else He’ll have to take care of your insolence on Judgment Day.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny fidgeted, as people do who are having their pictures drawn, crazy to see what somebody else thinks they look like. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like those losers in Cluck Bucket—looking for a target, somebody to mess with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man, somebody took a leak in her locker!” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course I took them. You have no business carrying around something like that. What if somebody saw those things?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Nowjust a minute ago I understood you to say that you selected somebody that knew the law better. Now who was that person?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Because I saw somebody do that in a movie once.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I can tell there’s somebody in there. I heard you stomping around in that hall. Open up these crummy shutters.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the sky, but somebody was applauding him, watching him and applauding. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s always somebody on a couch, unless it’s an allergy ad and they’re in a field—” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had kissed one girl, somebody he’d been interested in for a long time; kissed her twice, in fact. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said I shouldn’t throw rocks at jackdaws, they might be somebody’s soul. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then somebody said: “Whose truck is it now?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of used car batteries, a rotting bouquet of sympathy flowers with a card from somebody who’d seen his Barbara Walters interview. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cardboard box and I knew somebody was sleeping in it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my fist back and felt somebody grab my arm. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Carla is also always asking about my diary, but it still hurts too much to read it over by myself, much less share it with somebody else. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

What’s the point of getting somebody you care for something they can’t do anything with but look at for a few days until it dies. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And besides, if I’m really going to go through with this meeting, somebody should know where I am. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for somebody named Lia. She might go to your school.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When we got down there where everybody was she put me over her shoulder and stepped in the boat sideways with somebody’s hands holding me up and the boat was wobbly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He determined that somebody had replaced the u with an a, and the e with a y so that the date read “Jany.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“But I think part of him likes to keep watch in case somebody does come.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“That be fine. He can sell it to somebody else,” I said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same way that it made Monaco a certain somebody. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, somebody already heard us?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how stupid it was to put her finger in a doorjamb, hoping for the best in somebody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had to defend somebody where the victim was eighteen months old. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Tía Mari called, come on out here, somebody wants to see you. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She listened listlessly and turned it off when she heard Ugwu talking to somebody. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Somebody knew somebody in Washington. But as long as my pay comes through on the dot, I should worry. The Drive’s none of my affair. What are they going to do here?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then Will insisted on buying popsicles, which they ate as they walked to visit the somebody, a friend of his who was a Reverend. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need somebody who on the one hand can work with the mechanics, who talks their language, and, on the other hand, won’t be run over by the physicists and the engineers,” he explained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The thing was that anytime somebody was talking to me they was telling me what I was doing wrong. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You go to jail or you put somebody else in jail? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clam out on the street looking like somebody. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough to know that you don’t ever quit until somebody else actually wins.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was almost like she was waiting for somebody. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said this: “Dad, I’ve been bothered about something somebody said to me a few days ago.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I feel as if somebody cut off my feet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in a stitch trying to find somebody to come all the way out to Madison County.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And if that wasn’t enough, paying ten dollars a month to somebody to tell you how to lose it fast, that either dont know anything about it or is in cahoots with the telegraph company. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to send somebody in to finish cooking, but you can, can’t you?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the figure reached them, the children saw with relief that it was not anybody frightening at all, but somebody they knew: Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Edna laughed and Olanna laughed along, but already she was thinking that perhaps she did need to talk to somebody, somebody neutral who would help her reclaim herself, deal with the stranger she had become. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I want to scream when I see the witch’s costume hanging on a hook in the corner like somebody’s in it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I couldn’t stand not showing it off to somebody, even if the only person around was T. Ray. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The birthday feast was supposed to take place at eleven a.m. But since somebody stole all the food...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Dude #2: A child can’t have a sense to push somebody out a window! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either by jumping into them themselves, or by somebody pushing them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s always itching to carve somebody a grave marker. Maybe he even killed a few bodies himself.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We got a call that somebody was bringing in a shipment of crack in a coffin,” the policeman said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally somebody asked what the problem was, and Lemon looked down at his hands and said that back in high school he’d had a couple of bad experiences with dentists. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t hit somebody who’s already on the ground, in handcuffs,” said Cherry Lane. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We had the “P” volume from Encyclopedia Britannica that somebody had left behind in our house in Iowa when we moved in. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Parrish is the kind of guy who always thinks somebody is dissing him because they don’t do their homework. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You said somebody came and got you out,” I remembered. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We was still in those times when we was good enough to work at somebody’s house, but not good enough to enter through the front door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked right in through the front door of the paper and somebody called me “sir.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if maybe somebody who didn’t like him camping in the vestibule beat him up. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I came up here to warn the militia. We thought somebody might stop them. But I was too late.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to drop something off at the Deuce. And the house is a wreck. I can’t leave it like this, in case somebody from the church comes over.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you knew somebody had their hopes up to find a certain book, why would you want to beat them to it and squash their hopes, just because you could? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She says Mrs. Pearl needs to know that somebody cares. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She holds her arms out, and I walk into the most heartfelt hug I’ve ever gotten from somebody who’s not related to me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then somebody would bring up about Granny’s ancestors leading a wagon train from North Carolina, how they camped here on the ridge under some big sassafras trees while they were building their houses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I woke up yesterday feeling like somebody had taken a pipe to my entire body. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was laughing so hard he hurt—rocking back and forth in his seat, grabbing his stomach, slapping his leg, flopping his arms, and shouting like somebody getting religion at a camp meeting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I felt like somebody was stabbing my eardrums. It was like I’d gone crazy, Grandpa. Like I was drownin’ in sound.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Hardly a week went by without somebody taking a shot at the Knot, and losing. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. I was sleeping overnight at somebody’s. My cousin’s. I wasn’t here.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He thought somebody had been going through his things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face brighten up like somebody turnt on a lamp in front of a mirror. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, you listen to me,” Henry said “Jeremiah took sick. He gonna sell that mule to somebody no matter what. Who gonna give that man a fair deal, you or just anybody in camp?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she wouldn’t leave, so they pulled Miss Saunders out of class and got somebody else to cover her for a while. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She heard somebody humming like they were feeling for pitch and looked towards the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I walk back to the edge of the circle, but somebody gently pushes me in again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A marching band played an out- of-tune fight song that sounded like somebody hitting a bag of cats with a metal baseball bat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Like it was his old man’s or somebody’s who he’d beaten up before. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked like a statue of somebody famous, an actress or something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even my backpack seemed heavier, as if somebody had filled it with rocks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You should see how the prices of dried milk rise every day, as if somebody is chasing them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I want mercy!” she shouted, and began walking toward the coffin, shaking her head from side to side as though somebody had asked her a question and her answer was no. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

You find somebody writhing on the floor, covering her face and screaming, you instinctively try to peel her hands away to see what the problem is. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

This is definitely a thing in my city: honoring somebody by renaming a street after them. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

All you had to do was mention somebody--anybody-- and old Luce'd tell you if he was a flit or not. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

That night, while we finish supper, Shiloh’s going around the table, putting his nose in everyone’s lap, looking mournful, waiting for somebody to slip him something to eat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if somebody had rubbed away all the detail. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy chain of inherited habit that was imperiling them all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had never even heard the N-word said out loud until she moved here, but the kids on her bus used it like it was the only way to indicate that somebody was black. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But now his nose is swollen and he meows whenever you pick him up—he was probably trying to steal food and somebody smacked him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When full dark came, somebody inside pulled curtains over the long windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light from outside was cut into strange strips, weird angles, by the cheap lumber somebody had used to do a half-assed board-up job of the windows. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Just because I like somebody doesn’t mean I forget everything else in my life. People have relationships, Z.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The nurse bustled out and whispered to somebody In the hall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Mom, I’ve got to get more rocket stuff somehow. Could you talk to Dad or somebody?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa drifted into a fitful sleep, then waked with a start about two-thirty and between gasps for breath went to raging at something or somebody, all the time pulling at his whiskers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, somebody said they saw you go into the CVS and then leave with some lady. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could watch the Lakers’ greatest point guard of all time humiliate himself on a cable infomercial station, but somebody has to pay the bills around here, so heigh-ho! Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be something wrong with somebody who’d do a thing like that,” Perry said. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma yells, “And I love how you insist on getting somebody else’s child out of Garden Heights, but you want ours to stay in that hellhole!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course, it’s not best house in neighborhood, not million-dollar house, not yet. But it’s good investment. Better than paying rent. Better than somebody putting you under their thumb to rub you out.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Since I’m here, I asked him to let DeVante help around the shop. Mr. Lewis needs somebody to look out for his dumb behind. Snitching on live TV.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The newspaper reporter, Craig somebody, the guy who interviewed me after I had rescued Ben, called again, but I wouldn’t talk to him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Does your heart good to see somebody do their duty.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be good if somebody read my book.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He said: “I thought she was seeing somebody.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s all rubbish. They want to scare me. Since when have students needed somebody to tell them when to riot?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By then it was obvious to the guide that if somebody from the group didn’t make it to the tents and summon a rescue party, they were all going to die. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of my mind, I knew Mr. D was not somebody to mess with. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sonny glances around, almost like he’s afraid somebody heard me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A lieutenant attached to the Academy was dispatched, telling us at the end of a lecture on another subject that somebody had to go “and straighten things out down there.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like, like somebody she favored and could count on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want somebody to come along and see us?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can somebody be so dumb to do that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the shot already!” somebody shouted from the crowd. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

To make girls like me feel like they could be somebody. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

About how the world can be good and happy for one person, but bad and sad for somebody else. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Lots of ladies brought cake or pie—like if somebody had died. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All I know is this: on that morning, somebody jammed the Cypriot radar, guaranteeing the success of the Turkish invasion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I heard the big windows in the outer wall being cranked open by somebody downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as somebody started with me—even if they looked like they wanted to start—I would finish it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Aunty, you know good and well if I walked in church today with a hat on they’d think somebody was dead.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Annie looked to the side, like there was somebody else who could validate Luke’s weirdness. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody else took over my body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“In North Dakota we lived on the second floor of a house, but somebody else lived on the first floor.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was a radio on and somebody was flowing strong but Big Time couldn’t figure out who it was. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama reached out to her and started to cry and talk loud, like crying-talking, and then somebody else had a hold of me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he belongs to somebody around here who’ll want him back.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like somebody is flipping a light switch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

All of us have had our spirits picked up by being around somebody in a good mood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can't you see I'm trying to have a conversation about somebody stealing my money?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat up so fast I banged my head on somebody’s shield. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And each generation, of course, owned somebody who had lost an eye to a BB gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is the kind of woman who will steal somebody’s husband.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But somebody betrayed us! They knew, they knew it was tonight!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You go on and tell me that God let somebody blow up that school, and then he sent them babies to hell? Say it. I want to hear you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“First thing, when somebody yells at you, don’t throw your hands up”—she imitated him—“and act like you think they’re going to kill you.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“So somebody will care about the stuff they leave behind.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But if it was somebody within twenty pounds her weight she would give him a good sock and go right on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most of the stories ended with somebody going to jail. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It took a lot for black people to let them go, and even if somebody was old and alone, others did the dropping by, die floor washing, the cooking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, Why isn’t somebody preparing to fight back if it is the Klan? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And when they didn’t, when somebody out-insulted them, or ignored them, or sent them running, they wisecracked and name-called until the sweat of embarrassment evaporated from the palms of their hands. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk to somebody who gets what he’s feeling because they’ve felt it too. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Please, Father, don't you know somebody who would take in a girl like that? She hasn't done anything wrong. She's just all alone.'' “Go to bed, Scipio,'' his Father cut him off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can only hope she won’t take to practicing, later when it’s really winter, on the outdoor rink, where somebody I might know could see her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want me to die. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could I please give a speech for somebody’s nonprofit? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

True, somebody must be racist—because the swastikas are obviously coming from somewhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, just as she was going to drink it, they heard somebody coming down the steps. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could see you every day. I think we’d have a lot of fun and probably teach each other valuable lessons and somebody would write a movie about it. And we'd play ourselves.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two, he’s always in somebody’s business about their feelings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sorry. I just, uh, am supposed to meet somebody.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If you’re going to get into somebody’s face you got to know they got a mind somewhere behind their eyebrows. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say something to tease somebody and Ms. Blinny will send you out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody who had flunked clown school. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean tricks like...giving somebody bad luck or something like that. Or make someone scared of you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “I’m surprised I still feel exactly like myself, you know what I mean? I thought when I got to the other side of the world, I might feel like somebody different.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went out and down the hall, looking for somebody. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And all the time I was tripping because somebody’s foot was always sticking out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Wow, what's up with her? She looks like she just killed somebody for fun." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

No clue who she is, but she must be somebody if she’s giving orders like that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I don't know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don't know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It's more interesting and all." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I want to “be somebody,” as Jesse Jackson likes to say, somebody generous, competent, brave, and perhaps, above all, noticeable. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They swore that they were going to do something important with their lives—solve a great mystery, or rescue somebody, or be so smart in school that they’d skip grades. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Around the middle of the night, somebody asks, “Who knows all the taptap drivers?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they’re drunk, and all of a sudden—bang—somebody’s lying dead in the gutter. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For somebody who couldn’t have weighed ninety pounds, she could put it down. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“If you were starving and somebody gave you the choice of one kind of meat to save yourself, what would you pick?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Merry wanted somebody to talk to, and he thought of Pippin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“How long does somebody stay scared when they’ve been beaten senseless?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But I wanted somebody to know that out of that vast sea of ignorance in the Black Belt there was at least one person who knew the game for what it was. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided somebody had better say something before they all died in glory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I don't need to be with somebody in order for it to be okay that you have a boyfriend. It's okay already." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At this point I’m praying for somebody—anybody—to come and rescue me from this nightmare that I call my father. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes soldiers would just take a couple of cows out of somebody’s fields without paying for them, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When by some accident somebody scattered her rows, they always stopped to retrieve them for her, and she was never angry, for it gave her a chance to rearrange them again. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe somebody was after him. Did he look scared?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tremor rippled through the audience and Beatrice edged closer, half- expecting somebody to come after him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee got a letter from Earlene that said she still loved him even though she married somebody else. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody’s sick and needs more blood in his body, we give him more blood than milk in the mixture. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, that don’t sound like no fun date to me. But then again, you ain’t really no fun type of dude these days,” he said, texting somebody. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you just needed somebody to throw you a few balls.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, how about if somebody told me what the problem is here?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe the attacker is a woman? For instance, somebody insanely jealous of Nicole?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Knowing my brother, probably some broken-down, ancient ice cream maker somebody’s selling on a ‘Please take my trash’ app.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time, he felt something for Chuck that made him so angry he wanted to kill somebody. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the cab door, slouched out onto the ground near the corral, and said, “Carl, why don’t you holster that gun before somebody gets hurt?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At intervals, Malcolm X would make a great point of stressing to me, “Now, I don’t want anything in this book to make it sound that I think I’m somebody important.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie looked straight at me when I said that to him, like he was feeling relieved to finally have somebody understand his situation. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of a phony that have to give themselves room when they answer somebody's question. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Not in a flirty way, but the way people do when somebody’s gotten clean. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Does everybody have a bat?” asked Gregor, thinking it would be nice to know somebody was going to hang around and defend you in this place. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood here again at the threshold, but now he was somebody else. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexandra reappeared saying, “Something about somebody asked him to call you—” “Tell him to call Hank, Zandra. He can tell Hank whatever he wants to tell me.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody who didn't want to cry. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"Something bad happened...I left it in neutral, and somebody crashed into the back of it while it was parked. Some damage to the rear, and the front is wrecked. They didn't leave a note." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I figured if somebody lit a match next to her, she’d be in serious trouble. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stared into the lake, wishing somebody would give me a straight answer for once. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If you know what’s good for you, you better shut your mouth up until somebody calls you,” Mr. Prescott told him coldly. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“An empathy link! It’s real faint, like somebody’s suppressed it, but—” “I know what!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We figured it was important we let somebody know what Luke was doing, and we didn’t know who else to trust. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like somebody’s eyelashes right up against your fingers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most times, I would of worried about hitting somebody, especially a white man like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes. If Salim’s picture gets into the news stories, somebody who’s seen him might come forward.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And something about seeing my body reflected back at me, like I’m looking at somebody else’s? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“And if it wasn’t for my rheumatism, I’d take down your pants and tan your backside good and proper. The very idea of a litde snot like you threatening somebody with a knife!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like somebody had put it in a vise. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good thing somebody trusts his judgment,” says Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no? I’m sure somebody like Abelman could. I can just see that lawyer he’s got. Crippled from chasing ambulances. Mutilated from being caught in fires he’s started for insurance money.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless it was somebody like Sula, who put Eva away out of meanness. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some guys had finesse, but others were big Shaq Diesel types who could toss somebody around without even trying. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go. Wait. Wait now, somebody look back and wait.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

What matters is not feeling bad, less than somebody else. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She sure spooks easy for somebody so tall. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To be active: as active as I can. And first I must beg you to set Hannah at liberty, and get somebody else to wait on you.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The hood was badly dented, like somebody had tried to hammer out some huge craters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man! We have to wait for somebody to die? Or for Ringling Brothers to come to town?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother said she could not raise her kids with a man who was bound to either kill somebody or get himself killed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“She was here. Yesterday. She’d brought us a bunch of sequined T-shirts. And while she was here, somebody snuck into my room from the fire escape.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Later somebody said we looked like spiders coming off that trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Since when does 'nothing' make you look like you're about to punch somebody?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But then I can’t hold myself responsible for somebody’s parents who should have been looking out for their child at that time of night. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then somebody gets brave enough to jump the gap in the roller coaster.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We re fighting the Vietcong. You don’t fight somebody, then hire them to clean up.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might wake up one day, and somebody tells you your child is dead. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner would an officer become savvy as to which rules were commonly ignored, however, than somebody in a white shirt would appear to shake up his whole understanding of accepted practice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the night, I just wanted to enjoy the feeling that somebody liked me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, She’s going for somebody to get me down from here. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s about time somebody recognizes what we’ve always known,” my dad told Mrs. Shannon. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t help having a kindly feeling for somebody who had been so good to him ever since he was a puppy, even if she did kiss him rather too often. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I found out since then that it really was a garage once, until somebody changed it into the world’s dinkiest house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I mean you don't just go up to somebody and say, "You're a terrific whistler." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody reveal the secret password to a nonmember?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I was on my way to Mrs. Dunne's office because somebody in gym took my clothes." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Finally, another inmate had gone after the baby sparrow—it almost hopped onto his finger, but then got spooked and went fluttering into somebody’s cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I got somebody to guard the house. Don’t worry about that. It definitely ain’t gon’ be no crooked pig who may have been behind this.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe R.C. was so miserable himself that he was always looking for somebody or something he could make worse off than he was. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

So somebody in that school doesn't think that standing up to racism and anti-Semitism is a good idea. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I got to the elementary school’s all-purpose room to wait for the first morning bell, Julie took a big, exaggerated sniff from across the room and asked, “Did somebody bring in Chinese food?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I got into it with somebody,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He might wait forever for somebody to talk to him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It got quiet again, then I heard somebody’s radio. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I can’t keep somebody the police are looking for. We might get in trouble.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody in my family was named after somebody or something else. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, I was anxious to get the newspaper to see if somebody would print the story about Mama’s job loss. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Lisbeth had caught Old Yeller stealing stuff at the settlement, then somebody else might, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have I done something that somebody doesn’t like?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, unless he, unless somebody did something, the rot would reach the pit. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you stay here,” one tells me, “somebody will maybe feed you.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the thrift shop in Fairview, as I watched her laughing with the owner about a big ugly hat somebody brought in, I felt like I was seeing her for the first time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Now tell the truth. You were chasing somebody, weren’t you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Mr. Pepperhorn had the book, and somebody knew, it would make sense why Valley’s house had been broken into. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They bury them three deep in New York. I don’t want to be smushed up under somebody when I’m buried.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wondering what he ought to do, he suddenly heard a door open much closer at hand; somebody was about to come downstairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ever since I was small I loved feeling somebody comb my hair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Take one of them dames that’s always carrying soup to somebody—she wants something, and don’t you forget it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It just didn’t seem in character, somehow, for correct, law-abiding Mr. Crouch to be sneaking around somebody else’s office this late at night.... Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Wishing I could go back to being who I was, not somebody’s fool. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

As somebody started up our front walk, carrying the obligatory gigantic shopping bag, I would say, OK, Jeff, what do you think — frowny or cheery? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody out there had to be fighting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’d have to stay right here, under the cameras, for when somebody else wanted to watch us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it would be like to shoot somebody. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson got us our dinner, but he is sneaking around the house like somebody got in a fight and he’s staying out of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the silence of somebody who was too stunned to speak. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now I could go to bed without worrying that somebody was going to come shoot Tabitha or me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He acted as if I had just murdered somebody. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And how are you going to describe love to somebody? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That night when I went to bed, I laid there in the dark and pictured a clothesline full of somebody else’s troubles. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you believe you are somebody now? Somebody of importance? Werner clenches his cap behind his back to keep his shoulders from quaking. “ All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if Dusty Muleman ratted him out, or if the electronic ankle bracelet was programmed to send a certain signal when somebody messed with the lock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were alone in the schoolroom, and I was after her for somebody good to devour. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It's me he's accusing, Jack. Nick, if you're not here, somebody has to go on for you, you know that." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly she felt a little dizzy, like somebody had just whacked her on the side of the head: nervousness hitting her with a thud. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But you said sometimes it means getting rid of somebody. Why can’t we learn that?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I was playing chess with somebody in the game room last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished Mr. Fitzgibbon had been able to remember the name of the “Doctor somebody.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody ate too much, he could end up outdoors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he heard somebody close to him shout, “Target!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every time there was talk about living off the land, somebody ended by saying, “How did those people manage, in the old days, going right out into the wilderness the way they did?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman wondered if somebody had gotten their shirt snagged on the wire mesh while climbing over the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not just somebody,” he said, lifting the tooth to the sun like it was some kind of diamond. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was yelling and squawling like somebody was beating him to death. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if somebody doesn’t start telling me what it is, I am going to walk right out of here and resign from the whole Egyptian race!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suddenness of it sent Ma forward, like she was catching somebody who’d taken a fall. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And if you are a man, be hyper-mellow, never get too excited, or somebody will worry that you’re about to pull a gun. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now that I thought about it, I’d be pretty mad if somebody dumped four million pounds of manure in my home. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After the first couple of hours of nothing, you stop waiting for somebody to yell “Eureka!” and haul a Brachiosaurus femur out of the dirt, holding it over their head like the Stanley Cup. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I never minded those things, but it seemed odd to me, in somebody else’s room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pink and red streamers and a little Valentine’s Day banner decorate the sign-in desk, but if you’re coming in here to visit somebody, it’s hard to celebrate any holiday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You loving somebody like she loves that fool and you hate to see them looking so pitiful.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where was you last month when me and B. J. was lookin’ for somebody to help him? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darius needs somebody to deck him in that tight jaw of his.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a gray coat with a fur collar that had literally been chewed up by somebody. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the mother tried to convince her daughter that it was better to be a happy nobody than a sad somebody. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The creases in his uniform look sharp enough to injure somebody. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know if there was anything new about one dead white man. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m failing all my classes. Char’s on my case all the time. I gotta borrow clothes to look like somebody.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I requested somebody from Magical Maintenance to sort out my office, Cattermole. It’s still raining in there.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“How can you let somebody attack your kids and not want revenge?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the front seat somebody shoves envelopes at me and the others. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If that didn’t get somebody’s attention, they were lost for sure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then I pictured somebody finding my own foot at the water’s edge on Blind Tillie Creek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Not unless they’re intentionally stocked in the woods or specially summoned by somebody on the inside.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Was somebody in your family in an accident?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But in my experience, somebody your age saying they’re having a heart attack, it’s one of two things.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That means it’s been one calendar page since somebody called me bad names. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On the floor somebody had tracked in some slush from outside. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“No, Miss,” she said, laughing, “it is our bad fortune to be here making these and somebody else’s bad fortune to pay to get them.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The cops are looking for somebody,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You kinda little to be talking about somebody’s daddy.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time before somebody stuck one right on the front of the school, where it’s impossible to hide it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I need Haymitch or Peeta or somebody to share the burden of all that has happened to me since I went to the lake. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But by high school, I had to be able to walk through somebody else’s hood and hold my head up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Every time I see you, you’re waving it around or pointing it at somebody.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The voice belonged to somebody else and it was coming from someplace far away and it was telling her to wake up, wake up. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A car passed on the highway, somebody whooping out the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and took Joe’s shoulder in his big hand and shook him the way you shake somebody you love and are glad to see. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold up, I’m trying to see if you look like somebody,” she says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was somebody who wasn’t even pretty but who stood out ten times more than the new girl from Wilmington. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

In a blues song, somebody’s sad about something. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Judd just points to the sledgehammer again and doubles over laughin’, like it’s the biggest joke he ever played on somebody in his life. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know why this excited me, but I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it’s nice to know that they are a real person. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still in my hood, and somebody might see us and tell my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even though someone could have pointed out to Father that at least somebody finally brought home some bacon at our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of somebody who has been calling my number for the last ten minutes, I can hear, and is as ready to give up on me as I am. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even those loud Fords quieted down, and no one felt like blowing his horn or leaning out the driver’s side to try and embarrass somebody taking too long to cross the street. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the seconds became minutes, they started to get antsy, and before ten minutes had passed, they were zooming off in search of somebody to terrorize. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But one thing I’ve learned in my twenty-eight years of living, Bobby, is that if somebody’s a grouch, it's usually because they’re not happy. And if they’re not happy, there’s a reason for it.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joe looked a little embarrassed, the way he might if somebody started to recite a poem. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed a graffiti tag somebody had scribbled onto the sign with indelible marker. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Coach Lattner said, “Guess we better get started while somebody’s still alive.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Lord, I pray, if I have to leave her, give her somebody good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Last I seen, Char was rubbing her eyes and handing out drinks, Juju was shaking her hips and smoking a cigarette, yelling for somebody to turn up the music. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

If the plants in somebody’s garden suddenly withered or became infested with mites and aphids, the owner of that garden had a tendency to blame Cleofes Apodaca’s evil eye. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d of thought God was an old crony of his instead of somebody who could strike you down dead if He had a mind to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to Aibileen’s. Mama need to be with somebody not pulling on her for five minutes.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s just somebody fully understanding how alone we really are, which makes what people say to each other seem like empty sound, no more important than a dog barking or a cat meowing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They thought they had one chance in this world and it was Willie, and when he lost they felt terrible about that. And they accepted it. They just accepted that they’d lost somebody else.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He kept it on me until somebody else got there. Like I was a threat. I wasn’t the one with the gun.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, I was wearing nothing but slippers and a bathing suit, which somebody painted gold. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I’m really your friend and I’ll accept you. It’s better than hiding.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Percy had another one of those weird flashes: like this was somebody he should know. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Dram, boy,” somebody say, and they push me through the people to the tall drum. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in the courtroom laughed and somebody shouted something, but Judge Swango quieted them all down by pounding his gavel. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I reckon somebody put it in the box late last night. I took it out with the regular mail. Is it something that wasn't for you?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t hear? We signed up to do our bit. After all, somebody’s got to go over and fix the mess your folks got themselves into over there.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had never seen the dead before, not for real, not in somebody’s living room for people to kiss and bless themselves and light a candle for. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see very far, but he could sense somebody standing just beyond the range of his vision. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"This is crazy. I always saw myself loving somebody forever. Being there for him. Lifting him up when he was down. How do 1 do that now?" Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything to him, but he knew who he had ran into, somebody too strong to be moved. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They avoided giving direct instructions: they did not say "Ask somebody upstairs”; they said "You might want to ask somebody upstairs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I heard somebody was chasing you down the street?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of our lot are suggesting a story from somebody. We’re hoping one of your people would like to tell one, but we can begin ourselves, if you’d prefer.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had heard somebody strange splashing around in their drinking place and had to find out who it was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beebi and DeNice had already heard about what happened from somebody in another class—which meant that the whole school knew. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Somebody e-mailed a few additional MP3s; somebody else sent software and upgrades for Quake and Doom. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope somebody gets some good out of it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m counting. Keeping a chart. I’m gonna report them to somebody!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while the phone would ring, and he'd have a long, laughy conversation with somebody about a car or a deal or a bet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like somebody gave me a puzzle, but I don’t have the box with the picture on it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Find somebody big and mean-looking to mess with and then push your luck. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd only read about three pages, though, when I heard somebody coming through the shower curtains. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But I told myself there’s no shame in hard work, just like you would have said, and that all the work has to get done by somebody. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It takes this kind of unconditional love— somebody seeing this value in you, even when they know the truth.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t it bother you to think your dad might be going out with somebody?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

How could he act as a father to these boys when he himself ached to be somebody’s son? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Grandpa always was one to admire business sense, but he’d never been one to let somebody else tell him what to do. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, somebody had been giving me a hard time, but it felt like regular team stuff. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I mean if you're good at writing compositions and somebody starts talking about commas. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Like somebody had put a giant block of ice in the middle of my throat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A Chinese-American, somebody’s son, was playing Chopin, which has no punctuation, no cymbals, no gongs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She thought I was making it up about somebody else liking her, ’cause I was afraid to say it was me.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faye shook her head, trying to find words: “Fm not ashamed. I run a nice house. If I didn’t somebody else might run a bad house. I don’t do anybody any harm. I’m not ashamed.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I want to leave the hummingbird room before somebody starts setting up a snare. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Once in a while I thought about trying to tell somebody about Ice, that he had been my friend, and that he was dealing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck Muckle thundered: “Is this somebody’s idea of a sick joke?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny though: somebody posted a video clip of Tupac from back in the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Must have been four, five feet long, just lookin’ for somebody’s leg to wrap itself around.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said you could tell if somebody really wants to get down or not just by looking in their eyes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she was somebody you always felt like talking to on the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then Rowdy grabbed a shovel that somebody had been using to dig barbecue holes and went after that van. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would be throwing away their life, and taking somebody else’s life for some moment they imagined would happen. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pilate said somebody shot your father. Five feet into the air.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just tell me. Is she”—he swallows hard—“is she seeing somebody else?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"I am on the list," I told him, "but somebody crossed my name off." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Framing somebody to start a war. Oldest trick in the book. I recognized it immediately. In a way, you got me to thank for your little quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I can drive just so long as I know somebody will wake me up if 1 go to sleep.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Since Mr. Johnson signed that law, it was like somebody had ripped the side seams out of American life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody’s dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to smithereens. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It even looked as if somebody else had been briefly moved in, then out again, leaving a strange drink can in the fridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I was on the mat, it was like somebody was trying to take something away from me every time I had a match. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He found the end!” somebody gasped, and the corner burst into applause. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men smoked one cigarette after another, an occasional sigh was heard, somebody made another trip to the potty, and then everything began all over again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I stared at the floor where the tile was all cracked and worn out and listened for the sound of somebody’s shoes walking away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A long, solitary wail went up from somebody towards the middle of the congregation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s about time somebody pulled down that shade,” remarked Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

In other words, between a quarter and a third of the inmates had killed somebody. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was desperate for any information that would rule her out as somebody somehow involved in the attack. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

‘Which means that somebody - out there - is holding him.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to think that I could teach young girls like me that they too could “be somebody.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t just Wally Campbell. I’m just picking on him because you mentioned him. And because he just looks like somebody that spent the summer in Italy or someplace.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“How can you be going out with somebody who’s working on Vietnam?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Because I swear, every time I look up, somebody is staring at me, like if they look hard enough, they can actually see my spots getting bigger. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Alex feels like somebody has probably warned him about private email servers before, but he’s a little fuzzy on the details. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Armpit only slowly became aware that somebody was tapping his shoulder. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Car breaks down, they split up to find help, and a serial killer murders somebody,” Seven adds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Each place we pass I figure he’ll stop—somebody come out and whistle, maybe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess Mister Johnny didn’t have the heart to send him home for somebody younger. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My face look like somebody put both hands on it and push up on one side and pull down on the other. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Let me see if I can find somebody to escort him to the hospital.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s really getting into it, pulling at his chin and nodding his head up and down like it belongs on the back window ledge of somebody’s car. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose somebody forgets to fasten that seat belt of yours,” she said in that voice that sounded like she was chewing gravel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And if it ever gets to be too much, like it was for Robert Smith, we do that rather than crack and tell somebody. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sees Rocky, her whole face seems to light up like somebody flicked a switch in her head. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to die! Save me, somebody! Save me!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Because maybe somebody might be sellin’ model car parts at the market. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Oh somebody," I said, with a flabby gesture of dismissal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’d broken one before, when I fell off my skateboard a few years before, and that felt like somebody had a blowtorch to my gut. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

If it is about somebody we know, we work out the words. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all the ruckus, somebody was talking English. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it when somebody answers that way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I think we need to drive down to the police station and talk to somebody,” Coach said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was sure somebody would stab me in the back, but they let me pass. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I have no cell phone, but somebody lends me one—for a price. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was somebody else there: Mr. In-Your-Face, jiving and driving, looping and hooping, staying clean and being mean, the inside rover till the game was over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll have to learn the symbolism of the revolution,” somebody said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is as if he has been drowning for as long as he can remember and somebody has fetched him up for air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t stop him, you jerk! He was my friend. How do you forgive somebody for that kind of treachery? That kind of betrayal. How do you forgive yourself? You just don’t.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through this entire ordeal and here he was getting busy with somebody else. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe somebody will be there to help and maybe not. lather way, it was a mighty good feeling after I would get in, roll over, and then sit up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull remarked that it was usually a smart idea to put on shoes before you started kicking somebody. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s a nice story,” I said, afraid to ask if he ever had been found, or taken in by somebody. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The work was the same, but I wasn’t just somebody’s field hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do they all drive to the ghetto to purchase them from somebody standing on a street corner? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as though he were listening to somebody else, Winston heard himself demanding in a loud booming voice that he should be given the whole piece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had to show somebody what was in the bag, and he had decided he could trust me. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relief floods her face—I guess because somebody has finally understood what she’s known probably from the first tolling of the bells. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He knew, for instance, what brains looked like spilling out of somebody’s head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, somebody is probably having them for dinner by now,” Kim teases us when we ask him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he switches it on, it’s like you become somebody else, and you can say anything, as long as it’s in a poem. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess once in a while we all need a wake-up call from somebody who loves us.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, Will, somebody did tell Mr. Blakeslee.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But it might be nice if you aimed a little more that way,” somebody else said, pointing back to Cape Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe somebody got cold feet about it, or somebody outside got suspicious. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if somebody were beating on his chest with a bat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Landsman” in Jewish is somebody from your hometown. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perez had robbed somebody his first day out from a previous bid, he told me, using a gun borrowed from a friend. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so proud just to know somebody who does something so interesting!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

People yanked out their phones, calling the cops, but somebody must have called the cops already, because the berry lights flashed down the block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, somebody’s lying. That Erlone fellow says that he can prove it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was obviously a rascal, but what a change it was to hear somebody laughing once in a while. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wishbone laid beside my chair waiting for somebody to toss him a piece of meat loaf every now and then. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I got to tell somebody. You rather I tell Will Tweedy? Or Mary Willis or Loma? I’m sayin’ I stayed off from her, and after while the fire went out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I really want to make out with somebody right now.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Something terrible was going to happen, either to me or to somebody I was close to. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told him he just couldn’t stand that somebody else might go inside his precious mine and do something without him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I need to hear them told to me by somebody I trust. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pay her any mind, but he did start saying he had to hire somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t strike me as somebody who had a lot of worries or hopes. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever he drank beer he liked to talk to somebody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“People listen to me. I’m somebody in this town.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That man,” he exclaimed, “is a public menace. I can’t think why somebody doesn’t do away with him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny listened, like to somebody talking...looked disappointed...then smiled politely and said, “Well, when y’all ready for me, just holler.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If someone had gotten shot in Oakland, odds were that somebody at Oakland High School would be connected, affected, or implicated. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And on the third day of wandering, somebody shot at the four from far away—shot four times as they crossed a narrow brick road. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who could compete with somebody who worked for free? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe somebody really did throw it away and missed the trash can,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘But I hope I do get back some day. If what I’ve seen turns out true, somebody’s going to catch it hot!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The water was warm, and somebody had dropped a piece of gum on the drain. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

"By golly, somebody's floored her at last!" cried one of the men, grinning. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And yes, because you never had somebody like my maman dedicating her life to you. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re all hot and somebody comes out of nowhere and starts squirting you? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I say, “So maybe it’s not so much that other thing. The weak moment born of guilt. It’s kindness. Like you said. Like give somebody a break, is all. And you did.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Gam out on the street looking like somebody. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Us stopping them from spitting on Mr. Carlo wasn’t going to stop them from spitting on somebody someplace else. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get water from the stagnant reservoir, somebody had to climb down a steep eight-hundred-foot hillside, gathering their water in gourds or recycled plastic jugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I just heard two clicks from somebody, so I passed them on,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a daughter of Aphrodite, maybe she could tell when somebody was struggling with heartache. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That is how people frequently lose their lives in a riot: somebody steps on your heel, then walks right up till you’re flat and they’re standing on you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody had taken bucket of glue and splashed it on him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I barely even noticed the scientists’ kids, and Jewish was something somebody else was in places far away from Chokecherry. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And if I didn’t take Penelope then she would have certainly gone with somebody else. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was always somebody in there at the mirror studying whatever facial hair was finally coming in, or sitting on a sink checking their cell phone, skipping class. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If they do, it’s bound to be somebody everybody knows. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard you talking to somebody.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As the dark shadows of the trees slid over him, he stopped again, staring at the front door, to which somebody had nailed a dead snake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stood there pretending to listen to what somebody’s perfectly nice wife was saying to me, but my eyes stayed fixed on Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He can’t imagine how somebody was able to put together something like this so fast. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps somebody had won some bet or other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re on our side, even if you do have a lousy aim. We need somebody else. Even you.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I heard somebody say my name: Mexico. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just then, I realized two things: I had been blocking his way into our apartment, and he had somebody with him, what he called his doux-doux, or new girlfriend. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You got somebody waiting on you downstairs,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also said Macon’s body rose up from the ground at the first heavy rain, and that the Butlers, or somebody, dumped it in the hunters’ cave one summer night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you do that? I mean, how do you get somebody to love you?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama always knew what to do when somebody got hurt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been built some fifty years back, hidden in the woods, right near the river just in case somebody needed baptizing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

According to the big wall speakers now saxophoning through the gym, I was the girl of somebody’s dream: Since you’ve been gone, dear, Life don’t seem the same. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Invariably I arrive late at somebody’s brunch or tennis party—the festivities of a secular Sunday. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother is doing very well at the Exchange. He makes a fine living, and there’s still room for you. I’ve only got a few years left, and somebody has to take over.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she’d squint and listen carefully while somebody filled her in. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently the door opened with a little click and somebody came into the room. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And then came the legs and feet of somebody who was following. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“How could somebody’s favorite cartoon character be one that always messes up?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it is. Name somebody else you hang out with.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door, and I turned around and shouted, “Yo, somebody’s in here!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not . . . sophisticated. I’m sure what you write for your other clients is wonderful. But we’re a big firm. We need somebody who understands that . . . our style.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid of somebody calling me a snitch. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I heard the stupid cook still shouting, "It's in my trousers! Get it out! Will somebody please help me to get it out before it bites me!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“All these years I’ve been somebody I didn’t even know I was! You’re supposed to tell me big things like this!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The zebra’s mane was matted with chewing gum, like somebody had been spitting on it in their spare time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or: “Frau Elena, does a bee know it’s going to die if it stings somebody?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Then you might have a thought for somebody else!” snapped Nat, slapping the water out of his dripping breeches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering that he had liked my playing music, I asked: “When you were young, did somebody in your family play the piano?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You know, of course, that this only makes me like you more. Crushing on a disfigured girl? That’s like an OWN movie waiting to happen. You really think somebody’s spying on you guys?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch doesn’t like fruit, but she stays close by, just in case somebody drops a piece of bacon. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I expected him to be looking like Dorian Gray or somebody. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as if somebody had tried to break into the house—” Jason sprang up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to know about somebody who lives in the village. Or at least, I see her here sometimes. But I don’t know her name or anything about her.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You know how, when you come to Beechwood, it’s a different world? You don’t have to be who you are back home. You can be somebody better, maybe.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In his normal voice he said, “Well, I guess we might as well cut out. If we hang around, somebody’s going to read what’s on Ken’s question before tomorrow and that would ruin everything.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the doctor might have pumped somebody's stomach and then analyzed what he found in his hotel laboratory. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, so he is. Leper would be gone. Well, somebody else then.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be nice to have somebody to hang with during the week. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The fresh air felt great for all of ten seconds before it became too cold for somebody wearing a tee and boxers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I get this weird feeling that somebody’s watching us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy life while you can. Nothing’s gonna happen for maybe five, ten, fifteen, twenty years. But lemme give you a piece of advice: Whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around the shop like somebody planning out a garden they’re about to plant. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Purple can be tricky, but it usually means somebody’s feeling overwhelmed. Still thinking about Moreau? Or is it the plan—your part does seem a lot harder than mine.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t your father find somebody to lend him your school fees?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother and I have waited a long time to find somebody like you among our posterity,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“You know when people are crazy they think they’re somebody important—like Napoleon or something.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonished, Bruno added, “Jesus. They did so much shuffling and scuffling we’d never get a decent footprint. Looks to me like somebody ran twenty head of buffalo through here just to destroy the evidence.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want this war to end so that he can come back. He has become somebody else.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Who knows? Sunday at the yard sale somebody might give us a million bucks for Robin’s old high chair.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what surprised me more: Clarisse holding somebody back from a fight, or the fact that she and Annabeth, who despised each other, almost seemed like they were working together. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No. Just asking how you turned out, somebody who was beat since he was four. I feel sorry, is what I feel.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why in God’s name can’t you pick out somebody decent to defend sometimes? Somebody who’ll appreciate it. Why do you Reds take up with scum like this. . . ?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We were shopping on Eighth Avenue and he stepped on a newspaper that somebody had put over some oil and slipped on it,” Moms said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

June said, “We can’t keep a runaway girl here without letting somebody know.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach tightened and rolled and made noise as he looked at the eggs, as if his stomach belonged to somebody else or had seen die eggs with its own eyes and was demanding food. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the teacher I thought was invincible looks as if she wants somebody to say “there, there” to her, just like I often need someone to say it to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Every week Edna is screaming at somebody, and every week somebody has to move away. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would somebody mind telling me just what is going on?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never know if you will meet somebody.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"We heard you yelling, so I said to Doc Civet here: 'There's somebody that needs your help, Doc.' " The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On his radio somebody named Dolly Parton is belting out a country song about some love gone wrong, but John Mark is all smiles. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When you liked somebody, you wanted to trade the best things you knew about. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just then there was another crack of thunder and Winn-Dixie rose straight up in the air like somebody had poked him with something hot. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could’ve been somebody, you know? my mother says and sighs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might be almost as famous as that school in Whitwell, Tennessee, and their paper clips project—and somebody made a movie about them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Though Mama seemed aware of my shortcomings, Sergeant Holmes kept assigning me to V-gallery, and somebody finally told me that Mama must be requesting me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, without us even asking, somebody was gonna pay us to be real artists. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

One part of me wants to go to the deer, the other part knows that somebody’s out here with a rifle shooting deer out of season. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many times had Luke beaten somebody stronger and faster only because he understood these things? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had him up on the stool, and my mom thinks he shouldn’t be on there unless somebody’s, like, an inch and a half away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charles is upstairs with her now. She’s hysterical because somebody asked that poor girl who rode down with you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew from my weekend experience that the easiest way to make fast money was to carry luggage for passengers: If somebody had a heavy bag, you offered to take it to the bus. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, this man Jeremiah, he sick. He gonna have to sell the mule to somebody.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment of my arrival, he had just finished putting somebody’s hat into black long-clothes, like an African baby; so he held out his hand for mine. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fairly rare that somebody is going to admit they were talking on a cell phone,” says Mr. Windsor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s somebody who doesn’t believe in violence,” he said. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Then they just leave them there. That marine colonel said when they found them they were still alive and begging for somebody to kill them.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cracking a joke about somebody’s girlfriend—real or imaginary—is just a great comeback. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Don’t it make you wonder, Momma, why somebody with all that money and a good job would give it up to come to McClenton?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Or somebody who wants to make us into food,” Adina said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You never know, man. I mean, people get radicalized, right? Maybe somebody knows something about that dude that we don’t. You should have seen him yesterday when he got into it with Drew.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was as if somebody had reached up inside me and turned off a switch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My bad. I didn’t know shoes determined somebody’s race.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I walk through the parking lot like usual, and somebody jump out from between the cars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody had reached inside me and mixed everything up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But there was somebody else with her now, someone taller than she was, who was limping along, looking excited. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Had he explored and explored until now he had started to want to show somebody? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sometime I’ve got to trust somebody ... Make a break for it. It might as well be you—and now.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One group I went up to, for instance, somebody was telling that Grandpa was the best knuckle-knocker in school when he was a boy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You said there’d be charter boats all over the place. You promised somebody would find us by nine o’clock.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Will leapt up the stairs and, with the ease of somebody who has been losing himself in curious places for six long years, Will—click-click-clackl—slunk his way aboard the train. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Who in hell could, except God come to earth or somebody? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed through the town on my way to the market and somebody threw it — a clod of dung. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I only hang up twice when I hear somebody pick up. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, if somebody’s going to know about romance that makes no sense whatsoever, it will be him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I awoke it was day: an unusual movement roused me; I looked up; I was in somebody’s arms; the nurse held me; she was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If somebody at least listens, it's not too bad. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s like somebody’s twisting something inside me,” I hazarded. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It matters, Nel, but only to you. Not to anybody else. Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don’t get nothing for it.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he had a strange feeling—as if there was somebody watching him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They tell you all the nightmares you ever had were your fault, and you were the reason somebody broke your mother’s jaw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I need to know somebody, at least somebody’s name. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the best person to talk to about men, but you need to talk this through with somebody,” Edna said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were holding down somebody to the side of where John had been speaking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as somebody’s listening, it doesn’t seem to occur to her to wonder whether they’re interested. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“So now we’re supposed to find out when somebody was born? Who? This is ridiculous!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I want somebody just as tough as I am for a change,” he explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m on a leash, and somebody yanked it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He could make out somebody’s feet standing on a lawn somewhere. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, all of you who haven’t got wands need to attach yourself to somebody who has. We’ll need to be fast before they stop us. Come on.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Wash nodded at the fallen tree somebody had laid over the creek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally there had been a chance to sneak a Daily Prophet out of somebody’s briefcase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He should know better than to dress that way, but I’d just die if somebody cut my pants open in front of everybody like that.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I dive, I notice lights following closely behind me—somebody’s hoverboard is skimming the ground in the darkness. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If somebody was hungry, why would they have a big fat belly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just appreciating the moment. And doing the most you can do, you know, to help somebody else.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The way Toby saw it, somebody would think up a question they wanted answered about the future. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got on enough lip gloss to shine a car and I have a crease in my pants sharp enough to cut somebody. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was almost more than Wilbur could stand: on this dreary, rainy day to see his breakfast being eaten by somebody else. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Amazing beauty and he wished he could share it with somebody and say, “Look there, and over there, and see that...” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All. The. Time. Jay? I. Don’t. Know. Okay? I can’t think about it anymore. The idea that somebody out there despises me enough to do this? It’s . . .” She shivered, and then she cried. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I picked off bugs, pulled out weeds, and I gave 'em lots of that fertilizer called Tomato Food, like somebody told me. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, this isn’t the first time somebody’s been thrown off one of these buildings—because gang-bangers throw each other off the roofs all the time. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been hidden in haste by persons who had been spooning syrup, who had heard somebody else coming. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Mama’s face went from looking like nine miles of bad road to like somebody had left her a million dollars. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said after careful consideration, “when you knock on somebody’s door in Africa—they don’t give you candy.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Down in the capital, somebody had tried to assassinate the archbishop in the cathedral while he was saying mass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody used too much coal, he could end up outdoors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed more like somebody being nice to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At this point in my story about Phoebe, Gram said, “I knew somebody like Peeby once.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I said, “What somebody tote up here, sir?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I dare not enter a boxcar for fear of somebody slamming the door. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You shoot a jumper when somebody’s in your face,” he explained. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’d only been living in our van for four days when somebody stole my mom’s purse, which had most of our money in it because my dad’s wallet was falling apart. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I know that feeling, when you love somebody like that And not just a guy. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” I grudgingly added, “somebody’s got to be the head of the class.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if there was somebody whom he would love again? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She would curl up on somebody's food tray with the real silverware and the china plates. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe then he’d hire somebody to keep it clean, or an armed guard to stop people from plugging up the toilet, smoking, or writing on the walls. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

My voice sounds far away, as if it belongs to somebody else. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Emotions can be tricky for somebody like her,” he said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth met them at the door with her dead pet, and tears in her eyes, it was only natural that somebody should think of a funeral. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus the fact that he saved somebody’s life, obviously. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Tire difference between a winning streak and a losing streak Now, Josh is not with us again, so somebody’s gonna have to step up in the low post. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Then I might have a chance with somebody like Devon. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nobody in this room talking to you. You hear anybody call your name? When somebody calls your name, then somebody's talking to you, and nobody in this room is ever gonna be calling your name." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her stickwork aside, she happened to be a girl who knew how to wave to somebody from third base. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Was he imagining that somebody stood beyond the reach of the wandlight, watching him? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a choice I wish somebody had given me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like somebody taking the first drink in a Diet Pepsi commercial. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He got used to her leaving the bar with men, giving somebody a dollar to buy the boy food while she was out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s new. Wears this jean jacket, which, like, I never thought denim could look that good just hanging from somebody’s shoulders, you know?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Consecrated means to dedicate somebody or something to a particular purpose. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And how could it not get worse when somebody calls up to say that your father’s gone, too? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

For somebody too nervous to live, Mrs. Wilcox stood the trip pretty well. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We get to do this together. And girl, am I glad, because I’m going to need somebody to keep me from body-slamming you-know-who!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There’s no shame in saying somebody died, but the vocabulary of mortality avoids it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I asked him if he ever killed somebody, and all he said was, "Ain't grits groceries?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

All Scoob knows is every time she moves, it sounds like somebody’s ripping a sheet of paper. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, you notice the teacher don’t always call on somebody with his hand up. She lets drive at the others and, sure enough, they don’t know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d learned the hard way that if somebody was going to have your back in a fight, it was better if you found some common ground and trusted each other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Would somebody kindly look and see if my shell is cracked?” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We sang this morning about somebody calling our name. That song is about listening to the voice of the Lord, about being ready when we are called.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to get to Houston,” I say to the most helpful-looking person I see, basically the only person I can find who isn’t texting somebody. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was after somebody brought in lemonade that they started on hit-by-the-train stories. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So dont worry about me bringing in somebody to take your place. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though all the Egyptians were positive that somebody was fooling and had somehow managed to write the answer to Ken’s question, there are times when being positive isn’t quite enough. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“O, for sweet Christ’s sake,” she said, not profanely but prayerfully, “let somebody win something just once!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke repeatedly, panicky, convinced that somebody had called out to him in the distance, imagining that the wind whipping around the tent was footsteps or voices. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He shook his fist at the ceiling, as if he were mad at somebody upstairs. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"You wanna fight somebody you fight me," said the enormous belly, pushing Alfred out of his way. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t out for nobody in particular. Just perched himself up in the attic window and commenced to waving a shotgun. Say he gotta kill him somebody before morning.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bad things happen periodically, and they’re going to happen to somebody. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Weary was ditched, he would find somebody who was even more unpopular than himself, and he would horse around with that person for a while, pretending to be friendly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you do not answer, I will know somebody heard them, and that, at least, is something. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

You could only rebel against it by secret disobedience or, at most, by isolated acts of violence such as killing somebody or blowing something up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She fought an urge to grab somebody else’s bag and run and run. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All I know is that somebody needs these large pieces of metal that have something to do with pumping oil as soon as possible when they call him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hearing the words, I felt the dull heat that pulsed whenever somebody made me remember. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my right ear itched, then something good was being said about me by somebody. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pretty people, golden-skinned, light-eyed, they seemed wary, as if somebody not so kind had come down the road ahead of us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t recall what the invisible servant’s voice had sounded like, though I was sure it was somebody I knew. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I put out good money for you to go to college, and you have to pick up with somebody like that.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t stand to sit next to somebody crunching. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That time, he had fallen through a page in an enchanted diary, right into somebody else’s memory . . . and unless he was very much mistaken, something of the sort had happened again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily forgettable, like somebody’s nephew at a funeral. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? You think somebody might get violent?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he turned toward, the wall, I could see the weird scars on his back, like somebody had plowed over him with a tractor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would kill her as soon as they found somebody who knew how it should be done. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I like a suit somebody died in. It’s very existential.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The bandages made his hands itch and somebody had to watch him all the time else he would bust the blisters. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He could use somebody to snap his fingers and make his battle jitters go away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It felt like somebody was inside with a hammer, beating on it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone must have talked to them about the right way to behave when somebody’s father died. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“You remind me of somebody I saw on TV” he told me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My poor mother had left me enough love to go on until somebody did come along who’d want me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why isn’t there somebody here to stop them?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m wrong. I’m wrong. I was thinking of somebody else.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And it hits me: Three weeks ago I couldn't have even thought that, much less said it to somebody like Alicia's mom. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, it’s tempting to use they and them when you don’t know whether the somebody is a he or a she. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Emenike didn’t contact me at all after I was deported. Then, last year, after somebody must have told him I was now in the game, he started calling me.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That being free means you help somebody else get free? Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Because rootwork takes intent. And all I’m intending to do is make myself a drink, not throw hexes or fix somebody’s condition.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wished he was impersonating somebody other than Runcorn....The lift doors clanged shut. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looked more like somebody's big brother than an ice-cream man. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I think he just wants somebody to talk to. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody biked in Shaker Heights, just as nobody took the bus: you either drove or somebody drove you; it was a town built for cars and for people who had cars. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Beauty is pain. And in this case, it’s somebody else’s pain. Miss Ohio, Miss Montana, Miss California, you have each earned yourself something from the goody bag. Reach in.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He said the school was really a place where boys like me could have time to see their mistakes and start a new life and become somebody everyone would be proud of. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not ashamed of yourself? If only you would spend your time praying for somebody to come and tell me what happened to Ugwu instead of spying on a married woman taking a bath.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

White was convinced that somebody had altered the crime scene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were puffy and half closed, and it looked like somebody had set off a firecracker in her hair. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, although you could tell somebody had answered. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, to be on the safe side, I wanted somebody I didn't know and wouldn't go on knowing—a kind of impersonal, priestlike official, as in the tales of tribal rites. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was okay if you wanted to keep somebody as the Prisoner of Zenda, but it looked like a rotten place to work. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Luke got to his feet, somebody knocked on the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And if he was somebody like Son Black, he might just push my daddy and Uncle Camp clean out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They’d gone back and forth for almost a week; it was time for the cat to be the somebody it was going to be. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. The Palace is a pretty humongous place to just bump into somebody.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I’ve been far too smug. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I think, somebody saying that, well, it would hurt pretty bad. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“If I needed somebody to criticize me around the clock, I could’ve brought T. Ray along!” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, I knew he would not bring the money unless I said somebody was sick. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, there came a series of loud bangs, as though somebody was firing a gun into the door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After all, wasn’t it about time somebody aroused this apathetic community’s penchant for fire and brimstone? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A certain somebody lies awake for about fifteen minutes, listening to the sounds of the night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lots of people think that I’m somebody I’m not, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If somebody had told me then that some day I’d know them all personally, I’d have found it hard to believe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you knew somebody had their hopes up to find a certain book, why would you want to beat them to it and squash their hopes, just because you could? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It could be there still, in somebody’s backyard, but the cotton fields and the colored neighborhood around , them were churned up and pressed down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Ethel got a beer in her she would be telling somebody. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s high time somebody did something, said the woman behind the counter, at the store where I usually bought my cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely somebody else had to feel the same way. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know—crazy, but I really do swing at the water, jabs, uppercuts, hooks, pretending that the splash is the sweat spraying off somebody. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Or was there? Maybe there was somebody climbing up the rungs of the trunk. I kind of forget.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goon grabs a bunch of cartons of milk and asks, “Ay, can we take this in case somebody needs it on the street?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what somebody says to you or about you. You. Walk. Away. You are disciplined. You are machines. Do you understand me?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I thought they were going to roll over people, crush somebody. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it were leftovers from somebody’s lunch: a deviled ham sandwich, a piece of Swiss cheese, part of a hard-boiled egg, and the core of a wormy apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“And this is Anthony Foster,” Beckany says, and when I turn to thank her, she slams the door shut and the lights waver and somebody coughs from behind the desk. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We figured somebody would once Mr. Peckleman started passing out his ‘Go to College Free’ cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that what Nick and Mo are waiting for?” somebody asked, and Paul jumped, scattering money all over the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Kat approached a woman guard, who was in the middle of searching somebody’s bag. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was common to come into the bathroom and hear somebody sobbing in one of the stalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something, boys,” she’d start, “why are you two always going after each other? Every time I turn around. Can somebody please explain this to me?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stepped off the plane expecting somebody to be waiting right there, and when I didn’t see anybody I panicked. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the flavor of canned milk, but Mami had told us that when somebody gives you something to eat, you eat it, even if you throw it up later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’m putting stickers on the Hot Fries when somebody knocks on the front door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was a very good soldier—about to quit, about to find somebody to surrender to. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when someone gets killed by lightning, everyone knows it’s because somebody used Mother Nature to take out a hit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But suddenly I thought standing in a minyan for somebody’s bar mitzvah was the most important thing in the word. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

You hate to tell new stuff to somebody around a hundred years old. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’m waiting with my stomach all clenched up like somebody punched me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I figured somebody done sent her a present. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Clearly, this had once been somebody’s home, but whoever they were, they were gone now, and the land around here didn’t look like it could support so much as a carrot patch, let alone people. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Two thousand...dollars? Two thousand bucks for somebody’s old nasty tooth?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard...somebody in the house. I called you. He was upstairs.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I know it’s a wrong thing to hurt somebody’s feelings. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was nearly there when somebody touched me on the arm, and I turned around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be Einstein or somebody,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had the outward appearance of somebody who should be loved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom likes shopping at thrift stores—she calls it treasure hunting, though I have never figured out what exactly makes somebody’s discarded fondue set or chipped flowerpot a treasure. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the kitchen, somebody switches on a light. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You take somebody like Superman, who was born with his superpower, and somebody like Spider-Man—the way he got his power was kinda tragic, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We could be sitting here, somebody from New York, London, Boston, San Francisco, all live. And maybe the implementation is in Singapore, so the Singapore person could also be live here... That’s globalization,” said Nilekani. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t picked up nobody out that bus station. Remember what I told you? You stay there until you bring me somebody.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will they send somebody over to my house to make sure I'm okay? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you don’t know somebody—’’Joseph cut himself off, and tried to think of an example. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

From time to time somebody was allowed to go in. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hummed and nodded her head, as though agreeing with somebody, but there was no one there. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That laugh that Mamie got lasted about a good ten seconds when all of a sudden we heard another one of them big-eyed kids saying something about seeing somebody at a window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about somebody else feeding the pigeon, and he felt jealous. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t it somebody’s darn business to predict it?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed up the ladder and climbed on the roof of somebody’s garage. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m on a spacewalk and somebody is sawing through the tether connecting me to the mother ship. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And honestly, I couldn’t tell you if it was a “nice” like you do if you’re admiring how nice the bag is, or a sarcastic “nice” like somebody just wet themselves. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

If it wasn't that redhead, it was going to be somebody else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Billy got off the bed and looked down through a window at the front doorstep, to see if somebody important had come to call. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I thought maybe somebody would have told you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy flipping through pages that when somebody goes, “Hey,” I jump. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I imagine I felt that I wasn’t going to get put away if somebody tried framing me in any situation that I could help. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t walk around the school without somebody noticing me or pointing me out, and it has zero to do with the incident or the drug dealer rumors. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Mama is somebody,” she kept saying to herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want somebody to give me fifteen percent of something.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s stupid, Mr. D. It’s silly. It’s not serious. It’s somebody’s idea of a joke.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, it made him feel a little better about having to sleep in a cot that had been used by somebody named Barf Bag. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“What a night! Red arrested! Snowstorm. And this place down here looks like somebody’s been murdered.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"But surely you could have complained to somebody?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think that was a baby cousin of mine with the Tweedy name spelled wrong, but Mama said it was somebody’s pet canary. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want it scraped off. I want Camp to be reminded how dumb he is every time he comes in this parlor. Will, I cain’t bear to think I’m married to somebody that stupid.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But evidently Hufsa was in touch with somebody who did not stick at setting a wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they returned, though, they found that the water was dirtied—somebody had been drinking from it in their absence. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d heard her speak since the junkyard, and I was worried about how bad she sounded, like somebody with the flu. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That means somebody on one of the other teams took the book out of the library. One of the kids Mr. Lemoncello spent so much time and energy searching for.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The bottom skidded to one side like somebody had kicked its legs out from under it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I would have said you should come and help me in my business, but no, you are too soft, you speak too much English. I need somebody with gra-gra,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Sounder licked the bottom of the pan it rattled against a loose board in the porch as if somebody were walking across the floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “Maybe he saw what happened and ran in to save somebody.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then a voice, Stargirl’s: “What do you have to do to get somebody’s attention around here?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They made it, they got to be somebody. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after folks talked about Miss Love cleavin’ to somebody besides Grandpa, they had to speculate about her church affiliation. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody—namely, to utilise the force of gravity. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Because if somebody keeps saying and saying something to you, you start believing it, you know. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was like some bizarre version of a geocaching club; the minute somebody’s daughter turned eighteen, all the aunties began to scheme the shortest route from her parents’ home to the ultimate prize—her sasural. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She treated us like we was somebody real important, but Quincy stayed puffed up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What if there isn’t time, Dad? Shiloh could be dead by the time somebody looked into the way Judd treats his dogs.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

First one would be comin' to you when you almost sleep and it sounded like somebody hittin' at you slow with a big shiny pick. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How did somebody make such a major mistake?" barks Nala over the din of the machinery. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t fair to get robbed of somebody I thought would be there for the rest of my life. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My parents have this thing where they never want me or my brothers to talk to somebody without looking them in their eyes. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His own parents, in some mood of perverseness or resignation, had agreed to abide by a naming done to them by somebody who couldn’t have cared less. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus it’d be messed up if somebody who was God only cared about seeing people who did everything right, or rich people, or smart people. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That’s worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

My perfect partner, if somebody had asked me, would have been one who handled as lightly as Laura and who would have had the strength to last through a long, tough showtime. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then it was somebody using your name and phone number,” the man said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now I’ll show you. When you want to kill somebody, you point it at ’em like this,” he pointed it at Johnny, “and pull this thing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And somebody else had been reading it every night after I went to bed: my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished he had signed it, not because she wanted to know his name, but so it would look more authentic—otherwise somebody might think she bought it herself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One, he says he wants to keep somebody from ending up like our mom did. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Never in my life have I had a teacher tell me to be quiet because 1 was talking to somebody in class! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“If I had to pick a place somebody was going to kill me...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

To “commiserate” is to feel sorry for somebody else’s bad luck. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Walking back from the library on his own one afternoon, he heard somebody whimpering from a classroom up ahead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Ida! I got somebody comin’ to take your garbage, all right? Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He wonders what this would look like to somebody watching them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I remember dancing with my nose in somebody’s shirt pocket. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means there was somebody sailing with Rebecca at the time. And you have to find out who it was. That’s it, isn’t it, Maxim?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not a month went by but somebody’s land was swallowed up, another building appeared. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably someone from the church or somebody to trade their catch for some fruit or something.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z