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
“Warning Sign” could have been an easygoing R&B vamp, but Jadagu has other imperatives; the song coos with keyboard chords and airborne harmonies, then crashes or glitches.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The show went so smoothly that it ran 20 minutes short, and Lewis, the host again, had to vamp desperately to try to hit the TV network’s scheduled “out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 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
