Humbug Sentence Examples

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  • Our friend Oz is merely a humbug wizard, for he once proved it to me.

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  • But I'm not, my piggy-wees; I'm a humbug wizard.

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  • His view on religion was that organized worship made him feel'such a humbug ' .

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  • Many people say they look like a mint humbug on legs.

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  • A vast amount of stuffy and sentimental humbug has been uttered in favor of the Gospel of Work.

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  • It's enough to make anyone feel bah humbug.

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  • But also because they hate humbug in all its forms.

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  • In the strict sense of the word I am not a Wizard, but only a humbug.

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  • The Humbug is a beetle-like insect and another companion to Milo during his travels.

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  • The Humbug is often wrong and has a poor understanding of sensibility and social grace.

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  • You pompous, fussy old humbug, I'll kick the red cover off you!

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  • Like Cervantes at times, Mark Twain reveals a depth of melancholy beneath his playful humour, and like Moliere always, he has a deep scorn and a burning detestation of all sorts of sham and pretence, a scorching hatred of humbug and hypocrisy.

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  • If you are a bit of a humbug during the holiday season, then dressing up in a Grinch costume should be like easing into your own skin.

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  • A Piece of humbug The very name of " Birth Control " is a piece of pure humbug.

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  • The first thing the little humbug did was to produce a tiny white piglet from underneath his hat and pretend to pull it apart, making two.

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  • When most people think of wizards, they usually think of Lord of the Rings Gandalf, when they're not thinking of the jovial humbug of Oz, that is.

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