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vamp

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verb

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Recent Examples of vamp
Noun
Split-hem leggings, like the Reformation pair below, do just the trick, flowing perfectly into high-vamp heels. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2026 Streep’s pair featured that signature high-vamp front, which basically means more foot coverage and more comfort, IMO. Eva Thomas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for vamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp
Noun
  • 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
  • These ivory leather chairs get their name from the delicate corset lacing that runs up the back—a subtle touch of coquette style.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The dress also featured included coquette-ish details, including tiny bows alongside the straps and down the front.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This late-maturing Mexican heirloom tomato is as sweet and tasty as much as it is heavily ribbed.
    Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 1 May 2026
  • Murphy returned the favor by ribbing him by saying that every time Lee’s beloved New York Knicks lost their bid to become NBA champs, Lee was in the building.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Director Kyle Balda serves up a cup of comfort and joy with his pleasant, cozy British mystery, a creature feature charmer where cute talking animatronic sheep hoof it about a quaint little village to figure out who slew their genial shepherd George (Hugh Jackman).
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • Daniel Chong, 104 minutes Pixar’s latest family-friendly charmer depicts a land war — over a patch of earth that was once occupied by beavers and other wildlife and that human developers are eager to blow up for a highway.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • All the thespian’s chemistry felt less like castmates promoting a production and more like siblings teasing one another out of deep affection.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Rumors are flying that Google will unveil or tease its Gemini 4 AI model — and that's a big deal because the introduction of Gemini 3 in November was a huge success and sent shares rallying .
    Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The debut collection is split into four categories: seductress, romantic, playful, and comfy.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • 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 18 May. 2026.

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