Example sentences for: humboldt

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

  • Founded in 1810 by brothers Alexander and Wilhelm Humboldt, the institution counted among its professors and students Hegel, Engels, Marx, and Einstein, as well as the Grimm brothers.

  • The result was Heinrich’s palace (1748), which is now beautifully restored and forms part of Humboldt Universität.

  • On 10 May 1933, a procession brought thousands of students along Unter den Linden to the square before Humboldt University.

  • Additional attractions are the Museo de Taxco Guillermo Spratling, featuring a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, the Silver Museum, and the Casa Humboldt, which details the past of this historic town.

  • It was in many ways an almost inevitable project for me: I am from Chicago, Bellow's turf; my first biography, of Delmore Schwartz, had closely paralleled Humboldt's Gift , Bellow's novel about Schwartz; I was steeped in the Jewish immigrant world he wrote about.


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