Lexicographical Neighbors of Humphed
Literary usage of Humphed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"Come out of id go to the Three, Humph yourself!" Camel humphed and all, and • to
join the Three, that day to this the \\ears a humph •-*£&"t " hump " now, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"... humphed, grunted, and fretted as he listened to her. Three hours still to wait !
Three mortal hours, in which there was nothing to be done but sit, sit, ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"Dr. Middleton humphed. 'Verily the dog-star rages in many heads,' he responded.
CHAPTER XLIV DR. MIDDLETON: THE LADIES ELEANOR AND ISABEL: AND MR. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"The Canon humphed and shook his head, and then he laughed and said, "Oh yes, I
understand that. So I am the full man, and Sitwell the empty one, you think, ..."
5. Marriage: A Novel by Susan Ferrier (1825)
"... had shook her head, and humphed whenever the subject was mentioned. For several
months they had ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"Come out of the Desert and go to the Three, and behave. Humph yourself!" And the
Camel humphed himself, humph and all, and went away to join the Three. ..."
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