How to Use pimp in a Sentence

pimp

1 of 2 noun

• One day, the pimp saw her on the street and tried to abduct her.
  — Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
• Gartley, who was 20 years old at the time, was the girl’s pimp.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
• When a guy hooks up with many girls, he's called a pimp in a good way.
  — Audra Heinrichs, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2022
• The book was all about a pimp and trying to start a whorehouse.
  — Andrew Goldman, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2022
• Brown said she was sent by her then-24-year-old boyfriend and pimp to make money.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2019
• The man told her that Tommie Drayton, the pimp who had battered her, was in jail.
  — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2019
• Richard Pryor was one of the stars of the film in a non-comedic role as something of a pimp's assistant.
  — Dave Lewis, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• Eventually, the pimp takes the teenage boy to live in a blue bordello by the sea.
  — Edmund White, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• Often, newcomers were drugged by their pimps to cope with the shame.
  — Choe Sang-Hun Jean Chung, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• My eye will go quicker to what a pimp is wearing than to someone in a gray suit and tie.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2020
• Jones, a known pimp, was upset over unpaid debts from Woldu.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
• Taking down ads doesn’t mean the pimps and predators start following the rules.
  — Nash Jenkins, Time, 27 Mar. 2018
• The woman became her pimp, and sold her during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• In the case of Desiree Robinson, her alleged pimp and murderer have been charged in the case.
  — Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018
• McFee brought Robinson to a pimp, Joseph Hazley, who also faces charges in the case.
  — Tom Jackman and Mark Berman, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• They were killed by Alesso, Lucia’s pimp/boyfriend/brother.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Arsenio Hall has a scene-stealing role as a pimp named Tasty Freeze.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2020
• In reality — and in Daniels’s film — McKay was a pimp, a junkie and a wife beater.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• On the run from their pimp and his henchmen, three women embark on a wild and crazy journey in search of freedom.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Mar. 2021
• Among them, Trump's grandfather was a pimp and tax evader, his father a member of the KKK.
  — NBC News, 29 Dec. 2019
• So restaurants aren’t enslavers—they’re more like pimps.
  — Elena Soderblom, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
• Traffickers or pimps made a lot of money from my body and were very abusive.
  — Ane Mathieson and Alexi Ashe Meyers, Marie Claire, 25 Nov. 2019
• This bill may keep victims safer by keeping pimps locked up, but there will always be more pimps.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• That's a recipe for disaster in a house full of young prostitutes and thuggish pimps.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2019
• Deuce meets a series of unusual women when a pimp uses him as bait to find a killer.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• One such was Mary Frith, alias Moll Cutpurse, who seems to have earned her living as a fortune-teller and pimp.
  — Longreads, 8 May 2018
• The effort dovetails with a campaign by the state’s most famous pimp for a seat in the state Legislature.
  — Time, 11 June 2018
• Supporters want more people to be involved and aware of the problem and what's being done by pimps.
  — Daily Southtown, 10 May 2018
• Hamilton began acting as their pimp, keeping a greater share of the money.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
• But all the targets seem to see something different: a werewolf, Freddy Krueger, a wasp man, a violent pimp, even the Hantavirus.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023

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pimp

2 of 2 verb

• Joey Chestnut doesn't lament these pumped-up, pimped-out sausages.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 4 July 2016
• Seniors drive them everywhere, and even pimp their rides to look like cars.
  — Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 29 June 2017
• The golden rules of baseball -- don't have fun, don't pimp home runs, don't play with character.
  — Scottie Andrew and Jillian Martin, CNN, 30 June 2020
• No one who cares about you could support your being pimped … and that includes you yourself.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• Sellers tried to pimp them to outsiders from hotels, truck stops or online.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
• Joey has a few regrets about pimping his house with a Star Wars theater that cost more than the actual house.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
• A.A.d city and 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly) each walked away with album of the year nominations, but no gold.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 23 June 2017
• From actors to chefs to Pulitzer winners, Chicago has a great lineup of authors coming to town to pimp out their words.
  — Samantha Nelson, RedEye Chicago, 9 May 2017
• In one case, the club Temptations disclosed that the club had fired an employee who was involved in pimping on Bourbon Street.
  — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• The three were using Backpage.com and a Westlake hotel to pimp out a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing late last year, according to court records.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• Looking back, Shirley wonders if her husband intended to pimp her all along.
  — USA Today, 19 Jan. 2023
• Toney Adger, 31, faces charges of human trafficking, pimping a minor, and two counts of pandering, court records show.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 29 July 2019
• Another is nightclub promoter and pimp Paul Snider, played by Dan Stevens.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• Fisker, knowing this is a killer feature, has even been sensible enough to pimp the stereo system, too, provided by ELS Studio.
  — WIRED, 31 July 2023
• The report gave no indication that Maira had pimped out other women.
  — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 May 2017
• Bregman pimped it madly, carrying his bat all the way down to first base, admiring his majestic shot.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Since when did the Kentucky House of Representatives start pimping for Hallmark?
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2020
• Because the way that the NFL treats cheerleaders, uses them, profits off them, controls them, underpays them and — it’s been reported this week — pimps them out isn’t something of this era or this world.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2018
• Sadly the Birkenstocks were show-only, Amazon bought then pimped by Curradi, and will not go on sale with the multi-color twining detail that also graced his belts.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 14 June 2018
• He was then charged in California on a series of counts, including pimping minors.
  — Matt Richardson, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
• Accompanied by pictures of the young footballer walking back to his car from his choice of eatery, Mail readers were told exactly how much the player's 'pimped-up' vehicle is worth.
  — SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Hernandez and Smith now face felony charges of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2019
• Often absent, Bernhardt’s mother likely pimped her to wealthy patrons.
  — Rachel Shteir, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• A Fullerton man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for attempting to pimp out an undercover officer who was posing as a teenage girl online.
  — Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2017
• Indeed, the largest demographic celebrating a man who pimped out 9-year-old girls might actually be grade school children in school plays.
  — Ian Graber-Stiehl, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
• Johns also was indicted on two counts of pimping the girls, pandering procurement of a child for prostitution and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, all felonies.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 28 June 2019
• Many are young women, pimped under threats of spiritual damnation by juju healers.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• As teens, Kayla and her twin sister, Katrina, were pimped by a relative’s employer.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• Just this week, a California judge tossed out more than a dozen pimping charges against current and former Backpage executives, citing the federal law.
  — John D. McKinnon, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2017
• Her grandmother, who was able to send the family money, food and clothing, Sophie says, by pimping out undocumented girls, was nearly beaten to death by two men when Sophie was in the fourth grade.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 7 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024