| They gave it reluctantly and in a very fragmentary condition, for, having been shamefully humbugged by their prophet, they felt humiliated and unhappy. |
| Poligny never knew how far that extraordinary blackguard of an Erik humbugged him. |
| A theatrical man or showman has to humbug people. If he doesn't humbug them, they are humbugged. |
| Bad information and bad guesses occasionally humbugged both, which they overcame by determination and the fighting qualities of their forces. |
| The people, as Barnum has said, love to be humbugged, and are quite ready to pay tribute to the political boss and spoilsman. |
| Barnum humbugged the highbrow as well as the low. |
