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 first thing that both actors do when the curtain goes down, and before it’s raised for the curtain call, is hug each other, to acknowledge the strongest iteration yet of the play’s concluding minutes.
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
During the curtain call at the end of the episode, Sherman was one of two cast members Bowen Yang was seen giving lengthy embraces to, along with Nwodim.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 May 2025
And then, the curtain call, to remind you that whatever came before, the actors are fine, drinking in your appreciation and sending you out happy and exhilarated and perhaps full of hope.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
The final clip shows Williams bowing alongside her castmates for the new musical's curtain call.
—EW.com, 28 May 2025
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
During the curtain call at the end of the episode, Sherman was one of two cast members Bowen Yang was seen giving lengthy embraces to, along with Nwodim.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 May 2025
And then, the curtain call, to remind you that whatever came before, the actors are fine, drinking in your appreciation and sending you out happy and exhilarated and perhaps full of hope.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
The final clip shows Williams bowing alongside her castmates for the new musical's curtain call.
—EW.com, 28 May 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 28 Jun. 2025.
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