How to Use vampirism in a Sentence

vampirism

noun
  • This, the film posits, is its own kind of vampirism.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This, the film posits, is its own kind of vampirism.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Here the vampirism lent something to the plot, but try not to think too hard about it.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The specific rules of vampirism will vary from franchise to franchise.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Morbius was a co-worker of Parker’s, searching for a cure to his vampirism.
    — Richard Newby, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The fact that this hasn't been explicitly linked to vampirism surprises me.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Are there only two paths for photography—vampirism and solipsism?
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Now Lestat has joined them, parading his vampirism to anyone who buys a ticket and drawing more and more ire from his law-abiding peers.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
  • This kind of butterfly vampirism was a wholly new observation, says Tea.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Both Lore and Merticus said that vampirism doesn't occupy their entire lives.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Three women are connected by vampirism across time in this lush, atmospheric story about love, hunger, rage and sapphic desire.
    — Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • What vampirism means to any of its characters seems to change on a whim, whether the adults who slowly lose control or the adolescents in the throngs of personal discovery.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The origins of Lestat’s vampirism gets explored and important characters surface and resurface.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • The origins of Lestat’s vampirism gets explored and important characters surface and resurface.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ferrara makes no ambiguity about the fact that here, vampirism represents heroin addiction, something with which the director struggled.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a priest (Christoph Waltz) is hot on Dracul’s heels, hoping to destroy him and break the curse of vampirism he’s placed on every person he’s turned into a vampire.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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