How to Use vampire in a Sentence

vampire

noun
  • The Callery pear, or Bradford pear, is one of those vampires.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There is a Black man playing a vampire, and that's fine.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2022
  • This look is for the vampire that other vampires are afraid of.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The trick is getting the drop on a vampire who's older, stronger, and quicker.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Among those competing for the prize were a Cat in the Hat, a pirate, a Taco Cat, a witch and a vampire.
    Nhat V. Meyer, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • And don’t confuse me for a vampire, or a werewolf howling at the moon.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Which new vampire show is right for you this spooky season?
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Choose from black cat, vampire, Frankenstein, and jack-o-lantern styles.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • It was named for a Vietnamese word for vampire–Ma cà rồng–since the males have fang-like incisors.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
  • There’s the 1931 Dracula film during which Renfield and the legendary vampire sail to the city.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Most of the time, a gun-toting, vampire-killing Snoop Dogg would easily be the coolest part of a Netflix movie.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Other characters in the story are some of the manor’s staff, a werewolf and a vampire.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The new girl in school quickly falls for the mysterious kid in her class... who turns out to be a vampire.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 Nov. 2022
  • And this is when, in San Francisco in 1973, Daniel asked Louis to turn him into a vampire.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The character of Claudia, the child vampire who first appears in episode 3, has been aged up — again.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Van Helsing—Wesley Snipes is the slayer no vampire wants to mess with.
    Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The Poosh founder may have turned into a vampire with red eyes and spidery lashes that reach all the way up to her new blunt fringe.
    Chelsea Avila, Allure, 22 July 2022
  • The former couple met and fell in love while filming the first movie in the hit vampire franchise, which was released in 2008.
    Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This animal shares a bond with the witch or vampire's power.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • In one photo, Bieber dressed as a vampire, her arm draped around a skeleton dressed as a pirate.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the film, the gray-haired Samurai Priest is chasing a clique of vampires seeking untainted blood.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The vampires strike back for a fifth season of this satirical series.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • The top three for kids are Spider-Man, princess and witch while adults are trending toward the classics - ghost, vampire and witch.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In, a new Showtime series based on the novel about a young boy who bonds with a vampire, which inspired the classic Swedish film of the same name.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Sep. 2022
  • How about a double dose of teen-vampire content this weekend?
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But not before the dashing young vampire had been awoken to his true nature.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In, based on the beloved Swedish vampire tale, was formally ordered to series at Showtime in 2021.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Scott Adkins and Steve Howey steal their scene as vampire-hunting brothers — er, bros.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • His role was short-lived, though — he was quickly turned into a vampire and had to be staked by Gellar's Buffy Summers.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That kind of charm is a useful tool when playing (slight spoiler alert) a vampire at the head of a centuries-old family.
    Tyler McCall, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2022

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