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

“Shout,” the group’s first single for RCA, was an original the trio had concocted out of a call-and-response vamp they added to their live cover of Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

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

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 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