Sentence examples for humbug from inspiring English sources
The word "humbug" is correct and usable in written English
It is an old-fashioned term used to express disbelief or disappointment. For example, you might say "What a humbug! I can't believe they cancelled our holiday party this year."
noun
A hoax, prank or jest.
It does allow people to avoid humbug, to avoid being prey to drug dealers, because they are on a debit card that doesn't allow that".
Most of this struck me as priggish humbug.
Gisela's epiphany E commerce Bah, humbug!
"GIFT is humbug," proclaims Gujarat's opposition leader, Shankersinh Vaghela.
Ready and willing Leading lady Bah, humbug Reprints Related items Guantánamo: Home of the brave?Oct 22nd 2009This may now change.
Not unlike the "Florida chad".TERENCE SWAINEKirkland, WashingtonIndependent auditSIR On few matters has more professional humbug been written than on the importance for auditors, and particularly those who are partners of the larger firms, to maintain their independence when serving their clients ("Keeping auditors independent", November 18th).
Having enjoyed nothing like America's heady economic growth since 1990, and being less reliant on coal, making cutbacks in emission levels was always going to be easier for the Europeans.But the Europeans had no monopoly on humbug.
"There's a huge amount of humbug, especially in the American investment banks," says a former managing director of one.
Topshop Unique's fuzzy-wuzzy fur clutch, and the humbug-stripe stole the store created in collaboration with Meadham Kirchhoff, are perfect Fashion Fraggle clobber.
Jonathan Saunders' collection was a trippy, hippy cavalcade of psychedelic embroideries and clashing satins, Miuccia Prada be-blinged the humble Birkenstock with humbug-sized crystals, and even Phoebe Philo loosened up her strict and starchy Céline woman, dressing her not in compact tailoring but printed and pleated layers.
Fearless, he pricked pretension and saw through humbug.
