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Somehow is an English word with synonyms like someway. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Somehow meaning

In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means

Synonyms of Somehow

someway someways in some way in some manner for some reason

Using Somehow

  • The main meaning on this page is: In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
  • Useful related words include: someway, someways, in some way, in some manner.
  • In the example corpus, somehow often appears in combinations such as: and somehow, but somehow, is somehow.

Context around Somehow

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Somehow

  • In this selection, "somehow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, maybe, people, chaos, think, disposed and got stand out and add context to how "somehow" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about and somehow think oil, and electrons somehow emit and and somehow become. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "somehow" sits close to words such as aggressive, dutch and princess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with somehow

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

And he has to somehow corral this family of females. (10 words)

Its intimacy is somehow universal and its chaos somehow creates order. (11 words)

Although strangely wholesome, these anime shows and movies somehow manage to deal with surprisingly mature themes. (16 words)

After playing nearly 100 players in back-to-back seasons and somehow finding ways to get the vast majority of those players injured, I expected the Tennessee Titans to spend this offseason firing anyone tasked with keeping the team healthy over that time. (43 words)

After two poor losses against the Sharks and Bulls respectively in their festive fixtures, the Lions now face a daunting tour in which they somehow have to pick up a few good wins to get their season back on track. (40 words)

A banner displayed by the Brazilian rioters on Sunday declared "We want the source code" in both English and Portuguese - a reference to rumours that electronic voting machines were somehow programmed or hacked in order to foil Mr Bolsonaro. (39 words)

And if all of this were somehow to happen, will Obi keep faith with the masses of young people who put him in power and lead Nigeria boldly toward a new and more prosperous dispensation? (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

But somehow my daughter started to recover and that itself restored some of what I lost, and somehow got me to complete my preparation,” he divulged.

Always fascinating that people somehow think SA is a first world country like the USA and recommend strategies like quantitative easing and low interest rates and somehow expects the currency to be strong.

Its intimacy is somehow universal and its chaos somehow creates order.

Let us understand the nature, the magnitude and the risk factors of the investment offshore that everyone is getting excited about and somehow think oil is the saviour and Guyana will somehow become rich overnight.

Maybe, somehow, FCS teams could push their season down the line and maybe, somehow, the pandemic would be under control enough to pull off a season.

Diodorus Siculus, LV 76 A statue of the god was somehow the god himself, and the image on a man's tomb indicated somehow his presence.

In the surviving evidence, Chrysippus frequently makes use of the categories of substance and quality, but makes little use of the other two Stoic categories (somehow disposed and somehow disposed in relation to something'').

The images are just symbols to represent the actions above: photons and electrons do, somehow, move from point to point and electrons, somehow, emit and absorb photons.

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A banner displayed by the Brazilian rioters on Sunday declared "We want the source code" in both English and Portuguese - a reference to rumours that electronic voting machines were somehow programmed or hacked in order to foil Mr Bolsonaro.

After all the noise and worries at the start of the season, culminating in the firing of Steve Nash (and somehow not culminating in the trading of Kevin Durant), the Brooklyn Nets figured it out.

After dying on the battlefield, Cage wakes up the day before and quickly realizes he is somehow reliving the same day over and over again, resetting each time he gets killed.

After playing nearly 100 players in back-to-back seasons and somehow finding ways to get the vast majority of those players injured, I expected the Tennessee Titans to spend this offseason firing anyone tasked with keeping the team healthy over that time.

After two poor losses against the Sharks and Bulls respectively in their festive fixtures, the Lions now face a daunting tour in which they somehow have to pick up a few good wins to get their season back on track.

A large number of Australians will soon retire and their jobs will somehow need to be filled.

All Repubs have to do is hold on to those feelings and somehow detour them into Market Rule.

Although Manipur went through the same phase of governance division when the British took over the region in 1891, somehow its hill areas were never covered under the Sixth Schedule.

Although strangely wholesome, these anime shows and movies somehow manage to deal with surprisingly mature themes.

And he has to somehow corral this family of females.

And if all of this were somehow to happen, will Obi keep faith with the masses of young people who put him in power and lead Nigeria boldly toward a new and more prosperous dispensation?

And if you somehow managed to to the wealthy old butcher 20 years your senior who lived in a nearby village and spent his leisure hours throwing axes at the wall.

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Common combinations with somehow

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "somehow" in a sentence?
An example: "But somehow my daughter started to recover and that itself restored some of what I lost, and somehow got me to complete my preparation,” he divulged." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "somehow" from authentic English texts.
What does "somehow" mean?
Somehow means: In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
What are synonyms of "somehow"?
Common synonyms of "somehow" include: someway, someways, in some way, in some manner, for some reason.
How many example sentences with "somehow" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "somehow", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.