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vamp

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verb

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Recent Examples of vamp
Noun
Split-hem leggings, like the Reformation pair below, do just the trick, flowing perfectly into high-vamp heels. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2026 Streep’s pair featured that signature high-vamp front, which basically means more foot coverage and more comfort, IMO. Eva Thomas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tonight the castle was lit up like a movie set with klieg lights and scores of Cinecittà extras vamping as cardinals. Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 July 2025 Val Kilmer cuts an excellent cowl, Nicole Kidman enjoys a rare vamping role, and even Jim Carrey carries some legitimate hellzapoppin’ menace as the Riddler. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for vamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp
Noun
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These ivory leather chairs get their name from the delicate corset lacing that runs up the back—a subtle touch of coquette style.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The dress also featured included coquette-ish details, including tiny bows alongside the straps and down the front.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Murphy returned the favor by ribbing him by saying that every time Lee’s beloved New York Knicks lost their bid to become NBA champs, Lee was in the building.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Due to its design, fluted (or ribbed) drinkware is perfect for entertaining and looks beautiful on any table.
    Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The 57-year-old man, who has not been identified, had attended a snake-charmer show while on vacation with his family when he was bitten by the animal earlier this month, according to German police, who didn’t release the exact date of the incident.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Cobras coming up out of charmers’ baskets are generally six feet long.
    John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • She is gifted with a lovely color of a lyric soprano suitable for roles in the spectrum from a lyric, lyric coloratura to a soubrette.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.
    Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021
Verb
  • Castmembers Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie took the stage at CCXP Mexico City to tease their project that combines comedy with sci-fi and is set to begin streaming on HBO Max in July.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Creator Bruce Miller was more than happy to tease what’s to come this week in episode 6, while on stage at the Deadline Contenders TV panel.
    Amanda Champagne-Meadows, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The debut collection is split into four categories: seductress, romantic, playful, and comfy.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • As crude flirts with prices of $100 a barrel or more on the back of the war in Iran, could the US oil sector ride to the rescue of consumers?
    David Wethe, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026

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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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