vamp

Example Sentences

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She knew how to vamp like no other, using facial expressions and body language like building blocks to create everyone’s favorite characters.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

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

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