Lexicographical Neighbors of Humphing
Literary usage of Humphing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen (1882)
"... first roused by his calling out to her, after humphing and considering over
a particular paragraph—' What's the name of your great cousins in town, Fan? ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"... and humphing at it, making himself indignant over that fool of a young doctor.
And what if these poor people, sour and sore after their misfortune, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... and humphing at it, making himself indignant over that fool of a young doctor.
And what if these poor people, sour and sore after their misfortune, ..."
4. The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1906)
"... first roused by his calling out to her, after humphing and considering over
a particular paragraph: "What's the name of your great cousins in town, Fan? ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Fanny was first roused by his calling out to her, after humphing and considering
over a particular paragraph, " What's the name of your great cousin in town ..."
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