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Recent Examples of vamp
Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Brands of all sizes, including heritage fashion houses like Balenciaga and Chanel, are embracing a high vamp for 2026 to accentuate the shape of the wearer’s foot.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 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
Sun Ra wrote a vamp that the saxes couldn’t seem to learn.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Brands of all sizes, including heritage fashion houses like Balenciaga and Chanel, are embracing a high vamp for 2026 to accentuate the shape of the wearer’s foot.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 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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Gaines finished Martin's sexy coquette look with gray knee-socks by Capezio and vintage black-and-white wedges by Nicholas Kirkwood.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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Employing the teeniest of ruffles, this West Elm sheet set features just a hint of twee detailing, almost like a playful coquette.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This snuggly knit is thick and cozy, complete with a rollneck design and beautiful ribbing around the sleeves, hem, and neck.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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Carter can’t wait to rib his fellow gridiron greats.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From a 70-year-old charmer in Bay View to Wisconsin’s oldest restaurant with nearly 180 years of history, here are some classic Milwaukee restaurants that are still going strong.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Be prepared to see elements of yourself — and perhaps your own family — while watching this charmer.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 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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This extension is a credit to Davis, who teased with talent during his first three seasons before becoming a consistent force in 2025.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The footage teases high-octane action, sharp dialogue, and moments designed to ignite audience reactions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Kruger plays seductress Madame de Rosemonde in the French series.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Parvati Shallow is a legend now, but her road to victory in Micronesia was paved by alliances with people who’d seen her as nothing more than a flirt in her first season.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Casey Wasserman flirt-emailed with Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2003.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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