somewhen
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of somewhen
Example Sentences
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The death of Mikhail Gorbachev feels like a news item in one of those stories — a discordant detail in the background to alert us that somehow, somewhen, something went wrong.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022
Technically my secondary education took place in the 1990s, but really it happened somewhere else, or rather somewhen else.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2014
But somehow, somewhen, he always got her to dance.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had bronze, and somewhen about 1500 B.C. they acquired iron.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
This priceless gift to boyhood appeared somewhen towards the end of the last century, a gun capable of hitting a toy soldier nine times out of ten at a distance of nine yards.
From Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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