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
The couple, a source on the scene tells PEOPLE, were very supportive — giving their eldest daughter a rousing standing ovation at curtain call and Hill even wiping away tears at one point.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The bomb earned the captain MVP chants and a curtain call from a belligerent crowd.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
When Vice President Mike Pence attended the Broadway production he was booed by audience members and was addressed by cast members during the curtain call who remarked on the diversity in the cast and called on the administration to protect all Americans.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Every gay person that lived in New York was there, and at the curtain call, this row of men holding bouquets came up to the stage and laid them on my feet.
—Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Michael Nied, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The bomb earned the captain MVP chants and a curtain call from a belligerent crowd.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
When Vice President Mike Pence attended the Broadway production he was booed by audience members and was addressed by cast members during the curtain call who remarked on the diversity in the cast and called on the administration to protect all Americans.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Every gay person that lived in New York was there, and at the curtain call, this row of men holding bouquets came up to the stage and laid them on my feet.
—Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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