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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Escola ended their curtain call speech with a couple more jokes, but stopped short of choking up on stage.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 July 2024
By 1978, when many of those premiere DII programs of the Mason-Dixon Conference jumped ship for DI, the renaissance faced its curtain call.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
Call Cynthia Erivo makes her Lincoln Center debut during the curtain call for Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music at David Geffen Hall in New York on June 30.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
Then Freeman unloaded on a 2-and-1 fastball at the knees, crushing a grand slam to center field — the sixth of his career — to earn a brief curtain call from a crowd of 37,634.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 July 2024
By 1978, when many of those premiere DII programs of the Mason-Dixon Conference jumped ship for DI, the renaissance faced its curtain call.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
Call Cynthia Erivo makes her Lincoln Center debut during the curtain call for Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music at David Geffen Hall in New York on June 30.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
Then Freeman unloaded on a 2-and-1 fastball at the knees, crushing a grand slam to center field — the sixth of his career — to earn a brief curtain call from a crowd of 37,634.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Curtain call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtain%20call. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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