How to Use humbug in a Sentence
humbug
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Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs.
—Tom Noel, The Know, 24 Aug. 2019
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Inside the nondescript red-brick office building, black and white offices are stacked like humbugs.
—Alexander Fury, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2016
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The 1892 Russian ballet is bah-humbug for some viewers, even with Tchaikovsky’s luscious and romantic music.
—Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017
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Despite the precedents, few were amused by the Herald’s brazen exercise in journalistic humbug.
—Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 13 June 2017
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The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news—the better to sucker the eye.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 23 May 2018
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No Star Wars has ever made a better case for the Force than this film, which finally mends the damage done by the midi-chlorian humbug introduced in the disastrous prequel films.
—Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2017
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Instead, what the mother of three woke up to on Wednesday, November 22, was a bah-humbug message from staffers at Nextdoor.com, alerting her of a policy violation.
—Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2017
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Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive.
—Elizabeth Wolfe and Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019
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Luckily for those feeling bah-humbug about the inclement cold weather down South, rain should stop by Thursday night as temperatures start climbing to the 60s in Texas by Saturday, forecasters say.
—Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 6 Dec. 2017
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Women found the words giggle, beast, circus, grand, juju, humbug, slicker, sweat, ennui, holder, momma and sod funny while people under 32 were partial to goatee, joint and gangster.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Aug. 2017
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Deception, however, permeated the culture, whether in the form of hoaxes, humbugs or confidence men.
—Louis P. Masur, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
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This was familiar big-corporation humbug, custom-built to obscure the real issues.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
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If formal festivities aren’t your style and the thought of hosting yet another cocktail party leaves you cold, consider getting the gang together for seasonal shenanigans designed to kick bah-humbug to the curb.
—Bonnie McCarthy, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
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Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs.
—Tom Noel, The Know, 24 Aug. 2019
-
Inside the nondescript red-brick office building, black and white offices are stacked like humbugs.
—Alexander Fury, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2016
-
The 1892 Russian ballet is bah-humbug for some viewers, even with Tchaikovsky’s luscious and romantic music.
—Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017
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Despite the precedents, few were amused by the Herald’s brazen exercise in journalistic humbug.
—Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 13 June 2017
-
The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news—the better to sucker the eye.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 23 May 2018
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No Star Wars has ever made a better case for the Force than this film, which finally mends the damage done by the midi-chlorian humbug introduced in the disastrous prequel films.
—Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2017
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Instead, what the mother of three woke up to on Wednesday, November 22, was a bah-humbug message from staffers at Nextdoor.com, alerting her of a policy violation.
—Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2017
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Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive.
—Elizabeth Wolfe and Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019
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Luckily for those feeling bah-humbug about the inclement cold weather down South, rain should stop by Thursday night as temperatures start climbing to the 60s in Texas by Saturday, forecasters say.
—Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 6 Dec. 2017
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Women found the words giggle, beast, circus, grand, juju, humbug, slicker, sweat, ennui, holder, momma and sod funny while people under 32 were partial to goatee, joint and gangster.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Aug. 2017
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Deception, however, permeated the culture, whether in the form of hoaxes, humbugs or confidence men.
—Louis P. Masur, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
-
This was familiar big-corporation humbug, custom-built to obscure the real issues.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
-
If formal festivities aren’t your style and the thought of hosting yet another cocktail party leaves you cold, consider getting the gang together for seasonal shenanigans designed to kick bah-humbug to the curb.
—Bonnie McCarthy, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
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