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

When a fan on the floor needed medical help at one point, Mars had his band vamp for a few minutes as security guards found the guy and carried him out.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 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

A child vamp can never do anything fully, trapped in a body that cannot hold the experiences of their brain.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022

The three hops of the bunny became three struts of a vaudeville vamp.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli