How to Use vampirism in a Sentence

vampirism

noun

• Here the vampirism lent something to the plot, but try not to think too hard about it.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
• Morbius was a co-worker of Parker’s, searching for a cure to his vampirism.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2022
• This vampire novel follows a 53-year-old named Shori–who appears to be 10 years old due to her vampirism.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Oct. 2022
• The specific rules of vampirism will vary from franchise to franchise.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2022
• In 1963, a medical professional by the name of Lee Illis traced the origins of werewolves back to the same source as vampirism.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
• The fact that this hasn't been explicitly linked to vampirism surprises me.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• All the same, there’s something about munching on human flesh that wrecks your equipoise in ways that almost nothing else does, classic vampirism...
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2017
• He instead became afflicted with a condition that was a form of vampirism — the thirst for blood, along with fangs and super strength — and fought Spider-Man.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2017
• In Slavic cultures, almost all of the cases where vampirism was assumed to be at play became known in retrospect.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 28 Oct. 2017
• The series merges vampirism with Catholicism in a terrifying trip to one small town’s Sunday sermon.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 14 Sep. 2022
• If bodies were unearthed during that period on suspicion of vampirism, blood could still be found in their veins.
  — Oscar Urbiola, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019
• Based on Spain’s first case of vampirism documented by the Catholic Church, a young woman is sent in 1755 to a cloistered monastery where several novices suffer a strange blood disease.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• Both Lore and Merticus said that vampirism doesn't occupy their entire lives.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
• Eventually, they will be joined by Claudia (Bailey Bass), more of a tween than the novel’s 5-year-old girl, who, unlike Louis — who has qualms about killing harmless strangers — takes to vampirism like a bat to a bat cave.
  — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• This kind of butterfly vampirism was a wholly new observation, says Tea.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
• If there was liquid blood in the organs (especially the heart), a bloated abdomen, or if the corpse seemed relatively fresh, this was viewed as evidence of vampirism.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2019
• Sol suffers from vampirism, and has been sleeping in his office to avoid the punishing sun, and his nocturnal lifestyle makes dating a real challenge.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2022
• Garlic and sunlight can worsen the symptoms, so people with porphyria might avoid it -- a habit some people attributed to vampirism.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 11 June 2021
• Here, their vulnerabilities are not only acknowledged and explored, but put front and center as the main face of vampirism.
  — Jeremy Signor, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
• Suspecting vampirism, the villagers exhumed Paole’s body.
  — Oscar Urbiola, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019
• The film is a clear influence on Trouble Every Day in its portrayal of vampirism as an all-consuming and painful condition, rather than a romantic one.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• And fun fact: Renfield syndrome is another term for clinical vampirism, that is, an obsession with drinking blood.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• But this new wrinkle, where Guillermo is stuck in between humanity and vampirism, is so much more surprising and delightful.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
• In the trailer, Dr. Michael Morbius is a scientist who, in an attempt to cure himself of a rare blood disease, infected himself with a strain of vampirism, turning him into the superhuman creature of the night.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• In this Marvel superhero flick, a biochemist (Jared Leto) suffering from a rare blood disease attempts a dangerous cure but instead infects himself with a form of vampirism.
  — Dallas News, 9 June 2022
• In large part, the belief in vampirism grew out of a lack of knowledge about the natural processes of decomposition after death, which can, under certain conditions, be delayed for a long period of time.
  — Oscar Urbiola, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019
• However, vampirism was also believed to have existed in early New England.
  — courant.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• An example of stellar vampirism is an exciting finding in its own right, since that phase of stellar evolution is relatively short and hence very difficult to detect.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2022
• But the surprise reunion is complicated by the revelation that Eleanor is indeed involved in Masque’s operations, though probably only to be cured of her vampirism.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• Though the show has at various times explored the basic rules of energy vampirism, this season provides a much fuller picture of the relatively short (from a vampiric perspective) lifespan of everyone’s least-favorite Super Bowl party guest.
  — Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024