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"By Chance" pairs vampirish keys with a trap beat, which lets Swae and Jxmmi trade their manic flows for a blasé conversational cadence.

From The Verge • Aug. 15, 2016

It is, perhaps, a vampirish way to work, except that he seems to leave his collaborators more alive than he found them.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

With a rakish smile, he jumped into “Love is the Drug,” giving the “r” in the final “drug” a vampirish roll.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 12, 2011

Mr. Jonigkeit, with his vampirish good looks and dark spiky hair, could almost be auditioning for the next “Twilight” movie.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2010

If a man chooses low ideals, vampirish influences will swarm around him ready to help him in his nefarious designs.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman