Definition of vampire
1 : the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
2a : one who lives by preying on othersb : a woman who exploits and ruins her lover
3 : vampire bat
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Examples of vampire in a Sentence
regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others
Recent Examples of vampire from the Web
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The idea is that the titular amusement park is run by real vampires, werewolves, zombies and other creatures of the night, all pretending to be fake monsters.
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Vampire bats dangle from the corners of the ceiling like fuzzy brown fruit.
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The high-energy comic book adaptation returns for Season 2, with more angels, demons, vampires and darkly comic action.
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This supernatural thriller gives us a 128-year-old vampire in love.
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François Arnaud stars as a psychic medium lying low in a hamlet whose other residents include a witch, a vampire, an angel and a werewolf.
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Like his Twilight co-star and ex-girlfriend, Kristen Stewart, Pattinson has appeared almost exclusively in low-budget arthouse fare since the popular vampire franchise wrapped in 2012.
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First, came the vampire-like lamprey, which spread across the lakes with shocking speed in the 1940s, before scientists brought them under control with designer poison.
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This and similar stories have gotten us into the habit of thinking that modern information technology is to totalitarianism what crosses are to vampires.
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Origin and Etymology of vampire
borrowed from French, borrowed from German Vampir, borrowed from Serbian vampir
First Known Use: 1732
VAMPIRE Defined for English Language Learners
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in stories : a dead person who leaves the grave at night to bite and suck the blood of living people
VAMPIRE Defined for Kids
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: the body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of sleeping people
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