matinee

Example Sentences

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Many will cheer a good dice roll, and it wasn’t out of the norm at my matinee for the audience to shout suggestions or requests.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was fun,” McTavish said of his first rivalry matinee, which drew a sellout crowd of 17,174.

From Los Angeles Times

The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Well, I’ve faced the matinee crowds on the West End and lived to tell about it, but I’m all thumbs in the kitchen.

From Literature

There was utter silence from the audience at the matinee performance on a rainy, wintry Saturday during the 90-minute performance.

From Los Angeles Times