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How can you use “humbert” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "His suspected relationship with Monica Lewinsky may generate sarcasm and evoke comparisons with that between Lolita and Humbert, but nothing can take away from his success," Caretto added.

  • It is impossible to walk the streets without recognizing bodegas (wineries) of prestigious old firms such as Harvey, Williams & Humbert, Gonzalez-Byass, and Pedro Domecq.

  • A minority praises Jeremy Irons' portrayal of Humbert Humbert--the middle-age professor obsessed with his adolescent stepdaughter--as sufficiently smarmy, and call the film "rich beyond what anyone could have expected" (Caryn James, the New York Times ). (Read Louis Menand's review in Slate .)


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