Collocations for "somehow"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "somehow" in context.
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somehow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- Somehow, I [doubt, don't think, don't believe] that
- I somehow [doubt] that
- somehow (never) managed to [escape, get out, break free]
- somehow [won, passed, qualified]
- is somehow [connected, related, able] to
- is somehow [involved with, caught up in] the scandal
- somehow got [lost, sidetracked, left behind]
- [looked, seemed, appeared] somehow different
- [looked] different somehow
- Somehow, we will [manage, cope, get by]
- we will [manage] somehow
- Somehow, they will [meet, see each other] again
- determined to [succeed, finish, get through] somehow or other
'somehow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):