final curtain
Example Sentences
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And what’s with Douglas MacArthur’s walk-on just before the final curtain?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
"There is no final curtain here, not really. Only the sense of someone setting off again," the post says, noting his hopes that his legacy and lengthy catalogue will live on.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 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
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
Then my father took a turn and the road closed like a final curtain behind us.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
