How to Use veep in a Sentence

veep

noun
  • McCain shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, put his hand atop the veep’s.
    — Ben Terris, sacbee, 28 July 2017
  • But a president has less wiggle room than a senator or even a veep.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Frequent date nights at trendsetting restaurants might be followed by burgers with the veep or a head of state.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
  • And veep pick Kamala Harris was promoting these groups as well.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
  • His highest-profile client is Pence – and Ayers remains a deputy to the veep.
    — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 29 June 2017
  • Civil rights leader and the veep’s sister, Maya Harris, takes the reins this month.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 25 Feb. 2021
  • That means Harris could be poised to make almost double as president compared to her run as the veep.
    — Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The former veep, and his lack of ardent online fandom, are also a direct result of his politics.
    — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Read more about the veep’s visit, including what other goodies Brown Sugar sent home with her.
    — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Twitter Someone has made a generator that can put basically any album in the veep’s hands.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 July 2024
  • Few cultural shifts have been as seismic as the one that occurred in the veep’s office since Biden moved into the White House.
    — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 3 May 2021
  • In mid-August, the editorial page went out of its way to praise the former veep’s drill-baby-drill energy policy.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Pence is a regular on the Hill, and not just to break ties in the Senate – the veep’s only real constitutional power.
    — Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Both parties are bragging that their veep contenders will wax the other in a debate, arguing the other doesn't have the brain power or experience to help the top of the ticket.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • The former veep is making money selling her new book, but is also burning bridges with other Democrats for describing them in unflattering terms.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The pathos of being a veep pervades Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir 107 Days.
    — Book Marks october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Stories in recent days suggested that Dem party leadership was coalescing around the idea that the smoothest path forward would be for the party to rally around the veep.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2024
  • Though Bey has not given Harris her official thumbs up, her mother, Tina Knowles, joined a group of stars giving the veep’s run their stamp of approval.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 July 2024
  • There's been a lot of veep buzz around Abrams, who served as minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives.
    — Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The other potential veep, JD Vance, is estimated to be worth $10 million, the outlet said.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But the right-leaning Michael Ramirez, a two-time Pulitzer winner syndicated by Creators, sees the outgoing veep though a more cutting lens.
    — Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Here is Biden, the loyal veep to the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, unable to fill a room without the artful arrangement of chairs and lectern.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The candidate is set to announce his veep pick in Oakland, California, on March 26, according to the campaign.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Now that Grace is getting back on board with picking Hal as her veep, Hal and Billie are gingerly finding their way toward something like a professional détente.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The veep then made a bizarre analogy between Iran’s nuclear program and his relationship with his pregnant wife, Second Lady Usha Vance.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Her name has been floated in connection with everything from the Senate to the presidency, though the most likely bet in the short term appears to be the veep spot on the 2020 Democratic ticket.
    — Fortune, 24 Sep. 2019

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