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How to use pep in a sentence

19 example sentences · verb, noun

Pep means to inject with energy and enthusiasm. Example: “It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.”

Examples of pep by meaning

nounEnergy, high spirits.

  • Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren

More sentences with pep

  • It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.From the entry pep talk
  • We're looking for ideas to pep up the new ad campaign.From the entry pep up
  • I need some coffee to pep me up.From the entry pep up
  • The scene is Nirvana performing at a high school pep rally.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN. From the entry pep rally
  • The kids watching from the bleachers are the kind of kids who really hate pep rallies.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN. From the entry pep rally
  • Or just a regular latte in general to help pep up our steps again.2022, Rebecca Suzanne, chapter 23, in The Black Sheep, →ISBN, page 245. From the entry coffee-tini
  • Destiny's attorneys seem to have a new pep in their step.2011, G. George, Another Job, page 166. From the entry blow out of the water
  • During homeroom we designed our flag for participance in the 'Olympic' themed pep rally.2007, Sean C. Cusack, High School Memoirs: a Journey in Surrealism, page 449. From the entry participance
  • Only active measures, promptly applied, can provide this poor, pusillanimous poop with the proper pep.1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Right Ho, Jeeves. From the entry snootful
  • "Are you giving me a pep talk?" I asked.2004, Elinor Lipman, The pursuit of Alice Thrift. From the entry groinward
  • Pep Guardiola admitted he had no choice but to park the bus against Arsenal, and praised Manchester City’s defensive resilience despite conceding a late equaliser.2025 September 21, Ed Aarons, “Guardiola praises Manchester City’s ‘fantastic’ defensive display at Arsenal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry park the bus
  • Before each game, before the final pep talk, Krystkowiak lights the rope, spreading the scent and giving Utah the sweetest-smelling locker room in college basketball.2015 March 16, John Branch, “Utah’s Season Is So Sweet, Even the Lockers Smell Nice”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry sweet-smelling
  • Otherwise they were marvellous wonderbeasts – half man, half fish – that had more acrobatic pep than a seal and a big knife to boot.2011, Gregor Salmon, Navy Divers, page 97. From the entry wonderbeast
  • I do not know if he wrote his own script, but whoever did, his subsequent pep talk was a masterpiece of intempestivity.1974, Michael Pertwee, Name Dropping: The Autobiography of Michael Pertwee, Frewin, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry intempestivity
  • The “upsies” are the pep pills she takes when she wakes up and the “downsies” are the tranquilizers she takes before going to bed.1969 March 11, Ed Zuckerman, quotee, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 91ˢᵗ Congress, First Session, volume 115, part…. From the entry upsies
  • As a xylorimbist you put new pep into any party — "make" the school orchestra — maybe even pay your way through college.1929 October, Boys' Life, page 54. From the entry xylorimbist
  • He intends to use the SOTU message as nothing more that another Hollywood stunt similar to the pep rally he had on the WH lawn after the impeachment vote.1999 January 14, Al Shurgalla <keyp...@pacific.net.sg>, “Re: Will Congress Applaud At Clinton's State Of Union Address?”, in…. From the entry SOTU
  • You could be bone tired, out on your feet, and a “dexy” would snap you out of your lethargy in minutes, fill you with pep and energy.1970, Albert Govoni, A Boy Named Cash, Lancer Books, page 154. From the entry dexy

Meaning of pep

  1. verb To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
  2. noun Energy, high spirits.

Full definition of pep

Questions about pep in a sentence

How do you use pep in a sentence?
Pep is used as a verb and noun. For example: “It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.”
What is a short sentence with pep?
“I need some coffee to pep me up.”
What does pep mean?
Pep means to inject with energy and enthusiasm.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pep (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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