Example sentences for: curtain

How can you use “curtain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Hungary was the first country to draw back its Iron Curtain, dismantling the barbed wire along its Austrian border and allowing East Germans to escape to the West.

  • As the curtain closes and applause spills across the footlights, the message is reiterated: "Cotton has never moved like this"--as swiftly to harvest, or across a stage.

  • There were few mornings when Mary did not look up, as she bent to lace her boots, and as she followed the yellow rod from curtain to breakfasttable she usually breathed some sigh of thankfulness that her life provided her with such moments of pure enjoyment.

  • One wonders what he would have made of the square, for since the statue was unveiled, it has attracted theaters, cinemas, clubs, and show halls, along with a plethora of bars and restaurants and a curtain of vibrant neon signs all around the façade.

  • His rival, Parrhasios, secretly painted a curtain over the panel of grapes.


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