drop curtain

Example Sentences

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The house chandeliers rose, the lights dimmed, the orchestra tuned, the black drop curtain went up, and “Madama Butterfly” got underway.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019

But it’s another kind of show-stopper I’m speaking of today, the kind my taxi friend fears lurks behind every drop curtain.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011

The ballet itself has long disappeared, but the drop curtain, of two women bounding along a beach, has survived.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010

Pablo Picasso's drop curtain for Le Train Bleu ballet, at the V&A in London.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010

He has gone into the Unknown; the whistle of the train steaming slowly out is the voice of the call-boy at the drop curtain.

From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)