vampires

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1. Originally part of central European folklore, they now appear in horror stories as living corpses who need to feed on human blood. A vampire will leave his coffin at night, disguised as a great bat, to seek his innocent victims, bite their necks with his long, sharp teeth, and suck their blood.

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The most famous vampire is Count Dracula, from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Example Sentences

I have been rooting for “Sinners” since I saw it almost a year ago — vampires haven’t been used with such spot-on metaphoric resonance since Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“The minute they get a whiff of vampires and all that, they immediately check out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

After his arrest he protested his innocence, but during his two-week trial it emerged that he was obsessed with vampires and wanted to become one in a quest for immortality.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

In the film, she returns to life to hunt down a magic book which has the potential to kill all vampires.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“I mean, that’s redundant because all vampires are dead,” says Bonnie.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart