ring up the curtain
Example Sentences
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She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it—it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry
The world is waiting to ring up the curtain for your star part in life.
From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene
In that hope I withdraw and ring up the curtain.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie
Lay you a sovereign to a sixpence, Mr. Narkom, that I solve the riddle of that glass-room before they ring up the curtain of any theatre in London to-night.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
