Example sentences for: humphrey

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

  • First they go to the most eager beavers: Skip Humphrey or Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

  • His savage, profane descriptions of Nixon, his mockery of Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, his characterization of any enemy as a "Nazi" or "the fourth Reich" or "the sixth Reich" enlivened (and, yes, debased) political debate.

  • There are traditional cowboys and tough guys on the list, but the former (as in Stagecoach , 1939, and The Searchers , 1956) is limited mostly to John Wayne, and the latter (as in The Maltese Falcon , 1941) to Humphrey Bogart; and you get the sense these films were chosen more out of nostalgia for their stars than for their dramatic power.

  • Five minutes later, in another conversation, Johnson can be heard giving Jenkins instructions on how he wants Hubert Humphrey to work the floor of the convention.

  • Well, actually Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn did co-star in The African Queen , but few other equally ranked pairs ever worked together.


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