curtain call
noun
: an appearance by a performer (as after the final curtain of a play) in response to the applause of the audience
Examples of curtain call in a Sentence
The singer came back for one more curtain call.
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The closest comparison might be to show tunes—but for a one-woman play that’s gone 19 years without a curtain call.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The celebration continued in the theater’s lobby, with food catered by Magic City before ending with an afterparty at the actual strip club, serving as a perfect curtain call for the night and the venue’s 40th anniversary.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Jinkx Monsoon smiles out at the crowd as Mary Todd Lincoln during the new cast opening night curtain call for the hit play Oh, Mary!
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Hogan would eventually succumb to The Rock, but received a curtain call from the stadium in quite possibly the most unfollowable match in WrestleMania history.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The celebration continued in the theater’s lobby, with food catered by Magic City before ending with an afterparty at the actual strip club, serving as a perfect curtain call for the night and the venue’s 40th anniversary.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
Jinkx Monsoon smiles out at the crowd as Mary Todd Lincoln during the new cast opening night curtain call for the hit play Oh, Mary!
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Hogan would eventually succumb to The Rock, but received a curtain call from the stadium in quite possibly the most unfollowable match in WrestleMania history.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for curtain call
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“Curtain call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtain%20call. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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