pimp

Example Sentences

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“When I was cast in ‘Zola,’ I thought, ‘Me, playing a pimp? What? In this dark comedy? What do you see in me?’” says Domingo.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

My brother and I just bought my car, and we’re like, “How can we pimp it out? We’re gonna get this wrap, we’re gonna get an underglow for it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

The Plummer brothers - Tremaine, Tristan and Twaine - opted for a mix of cravats and dicky bows to pimp up their navy blue suits.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

They get helped by a pimp, his flock and two white people, then fall in post-traumatic love.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2020

With the disappearance of the poetic pimp and the entrance of the unsuspecting Countess, the style rises yet again—and really, this time, much to the author’s credit. 

From A Study of Shakespeare by Gosse, Edmund