Curtain means A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like render or provide.
Curtain in a sentence
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Curtain meaning
- A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
- A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
- The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
Example sentences (20)
But this was authorial sleight of hand—a decision, by Neihardt, to close the curtain on a mournful, elegiac note.
Fans meanwhile, greeted LeMahieu with a pregame curtain call, a nice moment for the typically reserved veteran.
Scripps News pulls back the curtain on how we create a story from start to finish, from an idea to your screen.
Also, Ahasuerus is the ultimate failson — impetuous, ineffectual, at one point draping himself in a curtain and sobbing.
Seth Rollins said on Punk during his promo (h/t ), “What do y’all think, he’s going to pop through that curtain tonight?
The first event of the 2024 election cycle will take place as the curtain opens on Wednesday's primary debate.
A sound-deadening curtain has been installed to temper noise from the pickleball courts at Deerpath Park in Vernon Hills.
Advocates are hoping that New York’s public database will begin to pull back the curtain on shell companies.
The expert shared that curtain bangs can "specifically give a youthful appearance", making them perfect for "mature women".
Iwobi scored the curtain raiser for Marco Silva’s side in the 3-2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Craven Cottage.
Police also found a tick list hidden in a curtain pole and deployed a handwriting expert to show he was responsible for that.
The leak pulled back the curtain on decision-making inside the Ukrainian military command in a way not seen in public before.
A group of Broadway theater owners and producers is leading an effort to lower the curtain on plans for a Times Square casino.
Rubbed my eyes, quietly pulled back the curtain to see early hints of sunlight, then headed to the kitchen for some ice water.
Eric Johnson didn’t make up the terrible conditions in the city; he simply pulled back the curtain and called it like he saw it.
However many can't get passed that the garage and sitting room are only separated by a floral curtain.
In this article, I would like to draw back the curtain on my main, all-weather portfolio, where roughly 80% of my assets reside.
One highlight for the group, even before the first curtain has been raised, was a visit by the playwright himself to rehearsals.
Whether that will be immediately or much later when the curtain on the entire story is close to being dropped remains to be seen.
I can almost see what’s really there just on the other side of the spiritual curtain when I’m there.
Common combinations with curtain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the curtain 108×
- curtain on 22×
- curtain and 14×
- curtain down 12×
- curtain call 11×
- curtain raiser 10×
- curtain is 7×
- curtain to 6×
- iron curtain 6×
- curtain of 5×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word curtain. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.