How to Use pep in a Sentence

pep

1 of 2 noun

• The young teacher was full of pep.
• But lately there’s a pep in the step of the 650-room resort.
  — Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
• After the layup, Adama Sanogo jumped off the bench with a pep in his step.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 17 Feb. 2022
• Adams is not the first politician to try to fight a crisis with pep.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022
• The two began to dance and jiggle and move around with a pep in their step.
  — Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
• Diced sweet onion, tossed into the salad at the end, gives it some pep.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• Give yourself pep talks, but don’t be afraid to seek out help.
  — Johnny Nash, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• The rubber sole has strong traction, and the springy midsoles add a pep to your step.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• Then the game began, and those pep talks and maxims appeared to be wiped away.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• Just sprinkle the snack, crushing it along the way, over any dish in need of extra pep.
  — Rebecca Firsker, Bon Appétit, 26 July 2022
• Later in the week, there will be a Las Vegas show for the players and a pep rally.
  — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
• The Blueprint, Kanye West returned to Chicago with a pep in his step.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2022
• Many turbo cars feel flat at low revs, but the XT has plenty of pep around town.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
• These beauties will keep the pep in your step during long days at the office.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• Or to have a pep band play your walk-up song to the plate, and then actually follow you to the plate.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2022
• Grande exclaimed, before pep-talking the queens, who were gagged to see her.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023
• The council meeting had the flavor of a revival, or a pep rally.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Here's a pink that'll add an extra pep to your kitchen dance parties.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2023
• But outside the courtroom, Paperny, full of pep, pulled Mejia aside and explained the math.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• Horsley knew the students had a pep rally earlier in the day to teach them how to cheer.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Coaches wrapped their fighters’ hands and gave pep talks.
  — Roman Stubbs, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2022
• After the parade ends, stay for the pep rally to get hyped up for the big game on Saturday.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 23 Sep. 2022
• This pair from Dai Moda will add pep to your step thanks to its cool pattern.
  — Woman's Day, 22 Feb. 2023
• But treating a State of the Union address like a high-school pep rally is absurd.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
• These upbeat songs are all intended to put some pep in your step and a smile on your face.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 17 Mar. 2023
• The caffeine from the tea in the drink mix provides pep, and the double dose of syrup lends a charge of easily digestible carbs.
  — Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• Wisconsin’s pep band wore white No. 24 T-shirts throughout the game.
  — Steve Megargee, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
• On more than one level, that pep rally got Solána ready to be SZA.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Maine East held a pep rally at 2 p.m. Friday before the start of its 6 p.m. football game.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• The Louisville pep band would be catching a red-eye flight back to Kentucky, and Iowa’s band would travel straight to Dallas.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023

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pep

2 of 2 verb

• Needle drop refers to those times when something’s not working in the editing room and the movie needs a song to kind of pep it up.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 22 June 2017
• Hardy fresh herbs, such as parsley and rosemary, can pep up any pantry meal, as can garlic and lemon juice or zest.
  — Jessica Battliana, SFChronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2020
• This one from Versace is sure to pep up any outfit with its graphic Greek key motif in vivid red and blue.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
• Spring was accompanied by spritely steps that turned languid in the summer and the piece pepped up once more as fall rounded the corner.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 May 2018
• This beautiful and easy-to-grow plant will pep up your garden and your fermentation process.
  — Karen Wytmans, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2021
• Women can choose between a skirt or pants, while the men's uniforms pep up Alitalia's navy suits with big gold buttons.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 June 2022
• Surrounded by the stars in Key West, Mama pepped right up and was soon wearing high-heeled sandals and a pink hibiscus flower in her hair.
  — Lee Smith, Southern Living, 19 June 2018
• The late bids are promising to pep up an otherwise quiet race, and both Barragán and her rivals are plotting for the June 5 primary.
  — Javier Panzar, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Central banks have failed to pep up inflation, which has hovered well below the 2% or so targeted by most ratesetters in the rich world.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
• In addition to nudging call agents to pep up their tone, or respond to distress in a caller’s voice, Cogito’s software listens to the pace and pattern of calls.
  — Tom Simonite, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018
• But otherwise the band continues to perform its mission of wowing audiences and pepping up crowds to cheer on the football team.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2019
• Seventeen created the perfect study playlist that will pep you up without distracting you from your notes.
  — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 16 June 2012
• China pepped up its economy with faster credit growth and other fillips to spending.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
• These are the kind of questions whose answers can pep up your dinner table/car ride conversations and, at the same time, lay the groundwork for launching your child on the path towards financial success.
  — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• Then, in 2017, trade recovered strongly as China’s government sought to pep up domestic growth.
  — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
• The claims haven’t changed in decades—lavender summons the sandman; peppermint peps you up—but modern manifestations are decidedly more luxe than those amber bottles at the health-food store.
  — April Long, Marie Claire, 20 Feb. 2019
• More Stories The point of an official emcee, who introduces an awards show with a long, jokey monologue and then occasionally bursts in to pep things up throughout the night, was much debated earlier this year.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2019
• Bitters are a simple combination of high-proof, neutral grain alcohol infused with bittering roots or herbs, and can be pepped up with aromatic and flavored plants or spices.
  — Meghan Nesmith, Bon Appetit, 16 May 2017
• Bitters are a simple combination of high-proof, neutral grain alcohol infused with bittering roots or herbs, and can be pepped up with aromatic and flavored plants or spices.
  — Meghan Nesmith, Bon Appetit, 16 May 2017
• Buried Child represents his work as a whole; often dark, bleak stories pepped with absurdist comedy, his 44 plays and numerous short stories depicted characters who lived on society's margins.
  — Tyler Coates, Esquire, 31 July 2017
• Innovation spreads faster in a unified market, pepping up productivity.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• Needle drop refers to those times when something’s not working in the editing room and the movie needs a song to kind of pep it up.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 22 June 2017
• Hardy fresh herbs, such as parsley and rosemary, can pep up any pantry meal, as can garlic and lemon juice or zest.
  — Jessica Battliana, SFChronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2020
• This one from Versace is sure to pep up any outfit with its graphic Greek key motif in vivid red and blue.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
• Spring was accompanied by spritely steps that turned languid in the summer and the piece pepped up once more as fall rounded the corner.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 May 2018
• This beautiful and easy-to-grow plant will pep up your garden and your fermentation process.
  — Karen Wytmans, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2021
• Women can choose between a skirt or pants, while the men's uniforms pep up Alitalia's navy suits with big gold buttons.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 June 2022
• Surrounded by the stars in Key West, Mama pepped right up and was soon wearing high-heeled sandals and a pink hibiscus flower in her hair.
  — Lee Smith, Southern Living, 19 June 2018
• The late bids are promising to pep up an otherwise quiet race, and both Barragán and her rivals are plotting for the June 5 primary.
  — Javier Panzar, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Central banks have failed to pep up inflation, which has hovered well below the 2% or so targeted by most ratesetters in the rich world.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024