final curtain

Example Sentences

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“There is no final curtain here, not really,” Weir’s family wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Though September may be the final curtain call for the gallery, Dunleavy hasn’t given up.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

The question is no longer whether we see it, but whether we have the will to stop it before the final curtain falls.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

After the final curtain, the stagehands who made the show’s elaborate spectacle happen night after night, were invited onstage for a resounding round of applause.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2023

In a third, he punched the air in exultation as the final curtain fell, although there was no curtain, there was no possibility of a curtain.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan