How to Use matinee in a Sentence

matinee

noun

• The place is packed and the audience is rapt for the matinee.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• There will be a talk with the cast after each Sunday matinee.
  — Hartford Courant, 22 June 2022
• Shows start at 7:30 p.m. both nights, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Friday.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• But even a matinee is going to be a different crowd than the evening.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
• So, what’s the best way to bet Thursday’s Summit League matinee?
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
• The genre-blending Julius Rodriguez plays a matinee at 2 p.m., free via twitch.tv\therelixchannel.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 May 2022
• After the matinee, the theater put on an Easter egg scavenger hunt for all of us girls.
  — Beanie Feldstein, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Rivera drolly recalled the tsking of matinee ladies at the song’s mildly naughty lyrics.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• Taft began Friday's matinee slowly for the crowd of 3,717.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2022
• The Phillies won on Tuesday, 2-0, and will head home after Wednesday’s matinee with no worse than a split — and a chance to clinch the pennant at home.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• The Mavericks looked for the three-game sweep back in Wichita in a Sunday matinee.
  — Zach Welch, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
• Dance artist Mohzart rocks the house with a 3 p.m. virtual matinee.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 1 June 2022
• But their matinee game against the Chicago Bulls at Accor Arena fell flat.
  — Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2023
• The Flyers, seven points out of a wild-card spot as of Friday morning, will be in town for a Monday matinee.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• Each matinee will be preceded by pre-show dress-up party, a first for the ballet.
  — Lezlie Sterling, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
• A week ago against the Flames, the Stars were lethargic to start the Saturday matinee and fell behind 6-1 in an eventual 6-5 loss.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Next: The series and the Guardians’ 10-day road trip wraps up with another matinee game at the Coliseum.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2022
• The Sabres, meanwhile, head home for a matinee with the Hurricanes on Saturday, then hit the road for three of their final four games.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
• Surrounded by a lower bowl of white with the student sections dressed in the day's theme, the Bearcats won the matinee Basketball En Blanc.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2023
• With its long sleeves and below-the-knee hemline, the elegant frock is ideal for a Sunday matinee show.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
• Seven days ago, the Wolverines took the floor in the same building for another lunchtime matinee in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2022
• Byk added that Comer’s understudy Dani Arlington took her place on stage and that the matinee started again from the top.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 7 June 2023
• MacKinnon held the outright lead for the first time at the end of the night Jan. 20, after a hat trick-plus-an-assist in a Philadelphia matinee.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• The grill is open during performances at Sarofim Hall—pre-theater dinner for evening shows and at lunchtime for matinees.
  — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 11 May 2023
• Like a matinee that hasn't opened yet, but which the audience has seen the trailer for, the public is hungry to know more about the coming attractions.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 30 May 2022
• Stone’s seven-run, two-inning stat line almost became a footnote in a back-and-forth, 11:35 a.m. matinee game.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• The Strictly Stripes podcast answers all of those questions ahead of Sunday’s big matinee.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
• The duo went on one date together, checking out a matinee showing of The Da Vinci Code that was captured by paparazzi.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• The preseason hours are dwindling, and with the Flyers in town for Saturday’s matinee at the Garden, the Bruins still have a few jobs available.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
• The cheers later turned to groans as one foul after another threatened to make the matinee last all afternoon.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024