How to use "curtain" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "curtain" in popular movie and book plots

  • He pulls back the curtain and goes in.  - The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
  • Swanhilda also finds Coppélia behind a curtain and discovers that she, too, is a doll.  - Coppélia
  • Van Helsing tears open the curtain to let in the sunlight and, forming a cross of candlesticks, he forces Dracula into it.  - Dracula (1958 film)
  • just before the curtain rises, with plans to make an impassioned plea to Kate to take him back.  - The Tall Guy
  • The curtain call is accompanied by a final number set to a verse of Green Eggs and Ham.  - Seussical
  • The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes.  - The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
  • All their hiding was for nothing because as the curtain rises, they are seen kissing by everyone.  - Love Actually
  • There is a long silence as the two stare at each other before the curtain comes down.  - The Dumb Waiter
  • She hides behind a curtain when her husband unexpectedly storms into the Hillcrist home, demanding to know the secret.  - The Skin Game (1931 film)
  • The curtain opens with the chorus number "Sur la Plage".  - The Boy Friend (musical)
  • Ning holds on to a curtain to shield the urn from sunlight as he has a final conversation with Nip.  - A Chinese Ghost Story
  • She remembers somebody is behind the curtain and pulls it away to see Paul.  - Lili
  • Jinx secretly enters NASA's computer room and triggers a "thermal curtain failure", causing one of the boosters to ignite during the test.  - SpaceCamp
  • After the curtain closes, Satine succumbs to tuberculosis.  - Moulin Rouge!
  • A red curtain with the words "The End" then falls on the magician and the rabbits (at the end of the Hawaiian singer shtick).  - Magical Maestro
  • At her curtain call, Terry gives a speech in tribute to her dead friend, and Terry and Jean are reconciled.  - Stage Door

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