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

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

The final curtain call is scheduled for Dec. 2, 2023 — more than 50 years after the iconic band’s first show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

After defeating Dillian Whyte with a stunning sixth-round stoppage in front of 94,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in the spring, Fury said: "This might be the final curtain for the Gypsy King."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

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