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Recent Examples of vamp
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026
The neon vamp fronting Glasgow’s rising darkwave thrillmasters, Mercy Girl, has a wee laugh re: her perch in rock’s death zone.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 2026
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
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Noun
But stone vamp queens are only the tip of Anne Rice’s freaky vampire iceberg.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026
The neon vamp fronting Glasgow’s rising darkwave thrillmasters, Mercy Girl, has a wee laugh re: her perch in rock’s death zone.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp
Noun
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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
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Matching brown and white rope ties on the sides added a coquette detail to the one-piece suit.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
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The fusion of the two, bloke and coquette, reflects a cultural collision point, where softness meets structure and sport meets sentimentality.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Laughing, McVay bumped Berry’s shoulder and ribbed him about the rule change proposal the Browns had recently submitted for consideration to the NFL’s competition committee, on which McVay serves.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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These slip-on sneakers get a leg up (pun intended) for their ribbed, chunky lug soles.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
Noun
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Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Syd was intrigued—Scooter's a charmer.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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In a new interview with People, Cipriano teased what viewers can expect of the Logan and Grace storyline.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
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The Beats brand is no stranger to using high-profile sports stars to tease new releases.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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The debut collection is split into four categories: seductress, romantic, playful, and comfy.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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Sliding effortlessly from incisive observer to chaotic flirt to exhausting narcissist, Firstman is never not in on the joke.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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