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

We have been waiting here a month now, and I hope you are going to ring up the curtain soon. 

From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Merriman, Henry Seton

The world is waiting to ring up the curtain for your star part in life.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene

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.

But not to detain you longer on the threshold, I will ring up the curtain, and travel with you in this varied journey.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 by Various