CURTAIN in a Sentence
Learn CURTAIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
259 example sentences for CURTAIN, such as:
1. He thought he saw the curtain move.
2. There's a floral pattern on the curtain.
3. The curtain will be a good job, however.
4. The curtain opened to reveal the grand prize.
5. As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
2. There's a floral pattern on the curtain.
3. The curtain will be a good job, however.
4. The curtain opened to reveal the grand prize.
5. As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
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Meanings and Examples of CURTAIN
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curtain
n. any barrier to communication or vision
v. provide with drapery
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Mrs. Swithin drew the curtain in her bedroom--the faded white chintz that so agreeably from the outside tinged the window with its green lining.
2 The light but variable breeze, foretold by the weather expert, flapped the yellow curtain, tossing light, then shadow.
3 She flushed, as if she had spoken in an empty room and someone had stepped out from behind a curtain.
4 She stopped at a window in the passage and held back the curtain.
5 She thrust her suit case in at the scullery window and walked on, till at the corner she saw the red curtain at the bar window.
6 He thought he saw the curtain move.
7 Then the curtain moved more perceptibly, and the woman in the bed put it back, and sat up.
8 He bowed himself out; and Mrs. Sparsit, hiding in the window curtain, saw him languishing down the street on the shady side of the way, observed of all the town.
9 An effort to draw aside the curtain of his couch was in some degree successful, although rendered difficult by the pain of his wound.
10 Gold of sunshine touched the closed white curtain.
11 She opened the door and looked at the straight heavy rain, like a steel curtain, and had a sudden desire to rush out into it, to rush away.
12 The curtain will be a good job, however.
13 The curtain, over which she had presided with such talent and such success, went off with her to her cottage, where she happened to be particularly in want of green baize.
14 The honest gentleman held the curtain in his hand, and looked on, for a minute or so, in silence.
15 Next morning, Spyers took his old place, and looked out, from behind the curtain, for a tall man with a black patch over his eye, till his own two eyes ached again.
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 Even if you get no applause, you should accept a curtain call gracefully and appreciate your own efforts.
2 The curtain hooks run along a slot in the curtain rail.
3 Although the curtain has now fallen on the Republican era, many of its values still remain.
4 As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
5 She peeked at the audience from behind the curtain.
6 The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
7 Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.
8 I have enough material to curtain all the windows.
9 There's a floral pattern on the curtain.
10 The curtain rose to reveal a gloomy, sepulchral set for the play.
11 The curtain opened to reveal the grand prize.
12 While they're playing scene two in front of the curtain, you can drop in the scenery for the next act.
13 I no longer waited with interest for the curtain to rise; my attention was absorbed by the spectator.
14 Boggs rode up before the biggest store in town, and bent his head down so he could see under the curtain of the awning.
15 That emerald curtain doesn't match the brown floor.