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

“Whenever you hear that vamp, you think of ‘Jazz,’” she said, tapping her fingers like a drumroll.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 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

Then she dodged away, and I had to chase her around the cairn, both of us laughing, Emma ducking out of view only to pop up again and vamp for the camera.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs