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Recent Examples of vamp
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
With the aid of avant-pop producer Justin Raisen, Gordon’s unsettling speech fragments—that vamp on the relentless nature of technology and consumerism—float just above a froth of trap beats and industrial clamor.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2024
McCarthy vamps it up as the conniving Ursula, going big but not too big — the one special effect that escapes the rest of the film’s soulless spectacle.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
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Noun
Wedges and pumps alike got curvy makeovers for spring at the likes of Tory Burch, where block heels bulged into bows, and Dries Van Noten, where vamps draped over curved, crystalline wedges.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
With the aid of avant-pop producer Justin Raisen, Gordon’s unsettling speech fragments—that vamp on the relentless nature of technology and consumerism—float just above a froth of trap beats and industrial clamor.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
In the livestream, which garnered hundreds of thousands of viewers, Gill vamped for about an hour against the backdrop of GameStop’s violently fluctuating share price.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2024
McCarthy vamps it up as the conniving Ursula, going big but not too big — the one special effect that escapes the rest of the film’s soulless spectacle.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp
Noun
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Swim Week solidified the coquette swim trend as one to watch for the next couple of summers.—
Victoria Montalti,
refinery29.com,
4 June 2024
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The coquette trend is here to stay, according to Taylor Swift.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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This crewneck tank top is made from a lightweight and ribbed fabric and can be worn on its own like Swift or layered underneath a colored cardigan like Hathaway.—
Kelsey Fredricks,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cos technical hooded parka jacket $150 COS Mango ribbed wool-blend top $80 MANGO Back to Black Sticking to an all-black color palette can sometimes feel like a revelation.—
Kerry Pieri,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.—
Olivia Williams,
Town & Country,
1 June 2021
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That show featured a song called 'The Yama Yama Man,’ in which chorus girls cavorted in Yama Yama suits while a soubrette sang about the creepy Yama Yama Man.—
Bulletin Board,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2017
Verb
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Beyoncé teased the tour over the weekend, first with a short clip on Netflix prior to their Beyonce Bowl and later on her own Instagram page.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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The creators tease that a metaphysical logic will be revealed later on in the series.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Lithgow makes Jim a foul-mouthed rebel, a reactionary against movements for non-binary and bisexual visibility, a promiscuous flirt, a narcissistic father, and a loving grandfather.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Like that film, Severance flirts with being a science-fiction story without adopting all the trappings.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Finally, Mack’s precocious 11-year-old daughter Opal (Norah Murphy) is more in tune with adults than kids her age.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Every human being, every parent, wants what’s best for their kid and wants there kid to be better than them.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Within minutes the night air was filled with the sound of fire sirens.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The trooper activated their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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