humblebee

How to use humblebee in a sentence

• A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S. Bumble-bee, id.

  An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language | John Jamieson

• In the humblebee the tongue is longer, and it could more easily moisten the hind legs in the way suggested.

  The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection | D. B. Casteel

• An intoxicated humblebee broke the silence by buzzing into Biddy's fluffed-out, corn-gold hair.

  The Freelands | John Galsworthy

• humblebee and whortleberry for people that say Woos-ses-ter and Nor-wich.

  The Poet at the Breakfast Table | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

• A humblebee from the Square Garden boomed in and buzzed idly round the room.

  Saint's Progress | John Galsworthy