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Examples of pep in a Sentence
Noun
The young teacher was full of pep.
the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
The pop-up also encouraged visitors to tap into their inner artist — or add some pep to their penmanship — by way of postcard writing stations, tote bag personalization and more art stations fully stocked with colorful new offerings from Sharpie and Paper Mate.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Perfect for running and walking enthusiasts alike, the sporty kicks are strategically designed to propel you forward to put an extra pep in your step, all while absorbing shock, cradling your arches, and preventing fatigue.
—Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Add a little pastel pep to your holiday with our favorite (and completely doable) crafts.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Students racing onto the hardwood after the home team beats a ranked opponent has become as common a sight at college basketball games as pep bands and mascots.
—Staff Report, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
She has been involved at various times in the concert band, symphonic band, pep band, marching band and jazz ensemble.
—The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024
The one that Diane Warren composed has a little more pep into it, but most of them are really beautiful, just beautiful songs.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
Greendale High School's varsity cheerleading team collaborated with its pep band to compete in its respective category while Menomonee Falls just competed with its varsity cheerleading team in a different category.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
And will baseball purists like me, stubborn in our ways, embrace the rule changes that Epstein and baseball’s poobahs are installing to pep up the game for a new generation?
—David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Truly the best way to pep up your Thursday.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2020
Made with fresh corn and milk, onion, spices and sometimes goat cheese are added to pep it up.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Usually, only a couple of drops of either is needed to pep up a cocktail.
—Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
Probably so, but ironically, the best way to pep yourself up is to get some exercise.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
Mullins remembers pep rallies around campus to try to change that.
—Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
Chapman used products including vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, a hydrating booster and pep 8 serum to combat air travel dehydration.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022
Noun
Kaia Gerber is giving her travel fit a colorful update—and what better than this season’s hue du jour to add a little pep in her step?
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
The pop-up also encouraged visitors to tap into their inner artist — or add some pep to their penmanship — by way of postcard writing stations, tote bag personalization and more art stations fully stocked with colorful new offerings from Sharpie and Paper Mate.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Perfect for running and walking enthusiasts alike, the sporty kicks are strategically designed to propel you forward to put an extra pep in your step, all while absorbing shock, cradling your arches, and preventing fatigue.
—Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Add a little pastel pep to your holiday with our favorite (and completely doable) crafts.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Students racing onto the hardwood after the home team beats a ranked opponent has become as common a sight at college basketball games as pep bands and mascots.
—Staff Report, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
She has been involved at various times in the concert band, symphonic band, pep band, marching band and jazz ensemble.
—The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024
The one that Diane Warren composed has a little more pep into it, but most of them are really beautiful, just beautiful songs.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
Greendale High School's varsity cheerleading team collaborated with its pep band to compete in its respective category while Menomonee Falls just competed with its varsity cheerleading team in a different category.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
Verb
There’s something calming and refreshing about spritzing a fine, barely-there mist with a breath of delicious scent that feels incredible, especially in the spring and summer when temperatures are hotter, and the sun is stronger or after a long flight to pep me up before day one of a trip.
—Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
And will baseball purists like me, stubborn in our ways, embrace the rule changes that Epstein and baseball’s poobahs are installing to pep up the game for a new generation?
—David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Truly the best way to pep up your Thursday.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2020
Made with fresh corn and milk, onion, spices and sometimes goat cheese are added to pep it up.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Usually, only a couple of drops of either is needed to pep up a cocktail.
—Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
Probably so, but ironically, the best way to pep yourself up is to get some exercise.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
Mullins remembers pep rallies around campus to try to change that.
—Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
Chapman used products including vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, a hydrating booster and pep 8 serum to combat air travel dehydration.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022
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short for pepper
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PEP
abbreviation
phosphoenolpyruvate
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