somewhen

[ suhm-hwen, -wen ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. sometime.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewhen¹

1250–1300; Middle English sumwhanne; some, when

Example Sentences

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

Quarantined in their houses or masked up in grocery stores, the ultimate fantasy wasn’t about going somewhere else but somewhen else: closing their eyes and opening them again to learn that a vaccine had magically been approved.

From Washington Post

Though stranded here for the moment, he continues, “I am capable of going not only someplace but also somewhen,” moving effortlessly through all dimensions.

From Washington Post

Technically my secondary education took place in the 1990s, but really it happened somewhere else, or rather somewhen else.

From The Guardian

"I like to think I grew up out of that stage somewhen between 1916 and 1920 and began to think about war as a responsible adult should."

From BBC

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