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How to use some in a sentence

40 example sentences · pronoun, determiner, adverb

Some means a certain number (multiple but not all). Example: “Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.”

Examples of some by meaning

pronounA certain number (multiple but not all).

  • Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
  • Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too.2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18

pronounAn indefinite quantity.

  • Can I have some of them?

pronounAn indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

  • Please give me some of the cake.
  • Everyone is wrong some of the time.

determinerA nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

  • Some people like camping.
  • Many people, especially some evangelical Christians, have been less than optimistic about the Potter influence.2006, Charles H Lippy, Faith in America [Three Volumes] [3 Volumes]: Changes, Challenges, New Directions, Greenwood Publishing Group...
  • University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020

determinerA nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

  • Would you like some grapes?
  • In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page...

determinerAn unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

  • Would you like some water?
  • After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
  • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, jump upon a tram, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages...

determinerA certain, an unspecified or unknown.

  • I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
  • The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
  • By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

determinerA considerable quantity or number of.

  • He had edited the paper for some years.
  • He stopped working some time ago.

More sentences with some

  • I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.From the entry word
  • You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.From the entry barter
  • Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.From the entry substantive
  • Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.From the entry head
  • Some of the cast went down with flu, but the show's still on.From the entry on
  • Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.From the entry color
  • The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.From the entry zero
  • This site's FAQ says you should log in to access some pages.From the entry faq
  • A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?From the entry medicine
  • There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.From the entry point
  • Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.From the entry man
  • Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.From the entry flatulent
  • I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.From the entry stock
  • Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.From the entry tax
  • I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.From the entry religion
  • We were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.From the entry big
  • Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.From the entry market
  • I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.From the entry take
  • Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.From the entry work
  • The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.From the entry disease
  • The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.From the entry disease
  • There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.From the entry offset

Meaning of some

  1. pronoun A certain number (multiple but not all).
  2. pronoun An indefinite quantity.
  3. pronoun An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

Full definition of some

Questions about some in a sentence

How do you use some in a sentence?
Some is used as a pronoun, determiner and adverb. For example: “Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.”
What is a short sentence with some?
“Some people like camping.”
What does some mean?
Some means a certain number (multiple but not all).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: some (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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