vamp
Example Sentences
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The former Australian Paralympic swimmer wanted to vamp up her headshot and uploaded a full-length photo of her and prompted it really specifically that she was missing her left arm from below the elbow.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
The couple sought broader social horizons in Europe and around 1917, rented the place to Hollywood’s top vamp, actress Theda Bara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
On “Peaches,” Stanley’s vibrato-heavy saxophone trembles in harmony with a wavy synth, over minimalist drum programming and an undressed two-chord vamp.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Why they're a standout: Sure, Kirsten Dunst played the scene-stealing child vamp in the big-screen version of Anne Rice's novel, but Bass makes this Claudia her own.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
The three hops of the bunny became three struts of a vaudeville vamp.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
