How to Use somehow in a Sentence

somehow

adverb
  • It will all work out somehow.
  • She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand.
  • But somehow, anger did not come in.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Opened wide and somehow still alive.
    — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Sanchez somehow got up to tip it over the bar.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And, somehow, that has to be enough.
    — Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
  • The snails have to breathe somehow.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
  • All roads somehow led back to the game room for him.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The ball hit on the left side of the rim and somehow dropped in.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But Paul somehow kicked out one more time.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There are things to like about this, but the mix isn’t right, somehow.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Kenya even gives her a hug, and somehow, that’s still not good enough.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
  • And, somehow, Marie is a part of it.
    — Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There are things of the mind and things of the body, and food is somehow both.
    — Rajesh Parameswaran, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2021
  • And six years later, this came to be somehow.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But somehow the music cuts right through all that.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Alex had to drive home somehow, even though he was injured.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Is this tied to the murder somehow?
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Then came the part that somehow sounds even crazier.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Yet somehow, that name seems too small to capture the tragedy.
    — Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The rest of us just want to some day, somehow get back to normal.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • To my left, our garage, which was somehow still standing.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The stakes are high, yet somehow not worth holding your breath over.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And somehow, the timing all worked out.
    — Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The buyers’ scene somehow made things worse.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That is somehow easy to forget.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • And somehow her hug centered me.
    — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Yet somehow, in a comeback from the last episode, the crew pulls it off.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Mougey would just need to find a way to acquire a third-round pick somehow.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Still, somehow, there wasn’t enough juice in that lightning strike.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026

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