How to Use encore in a Sentence

encore

noun
Definition of encorenext
Synonyms for encorenext
  • He sang a folk song as an encore.
  • Her first novel was a best seller—but what is she going to do for an encore?
  • Dacus asked the crowd in the final encore, back on the main stage.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the first true test of his encore season, Williams flopped.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • One of the sweetest highlights of the show was during the encore.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Applause filled the room, and Smokey stood for his encore.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • By the end of her cameo, the entire crowd was screaming for an encore.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The encore was a sweet tribute to the fact that Paramore found ways to be bigger than their emo roots.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And so that was our encore every night for about ten years.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Soon enough, the band was caught on top of the tables as the boisterous crowd cheered for an encore.
    — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Young’s mastery here in Texas was an encore to his game-winning drive of the 2021 Iron Bowl.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The first set was maybe 75 minutes, then a 90-minute-plus second set, then a five-song encore.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 12 July 2023
  • There won’t be an encore for The Muppets Mayhem at Disney+.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The network will air an encore telecast at 2:00 p.m. ET.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Those shockers leave the Sun Belt in need of a statement-making encore.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Then the figure climbed to 12.1 million when adding in encore telecasts.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
  • So Help Me Todd and Tracker, which will air an encore of its premiere.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The city can dream of an encore again, because the Yankees have shaken their slumber.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • What can McGehee do for an encore with just four starters returning on each side of the ball?
    — Mike Perrin | Preps@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2022
  • That leaves the team with just one possible encore for this season: do it all over again.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The second encore was filled to the brim with the band’s greatest hits, which seemed to allow Smith to really let loose on stage.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • But a year later, The Times was hit by a scandal that led to an interim encore by Mr. Lelyveld.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • To plug the hole in its main-stage lineup, Summerfest found a local hero to play an encore.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2023
  • For about a quarter, the rematch had the makings of an encore to remember.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The encore to that season has started slowly but not because of any sort of slump.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Double Encores: The Bowl’s full house was treated to two encores.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 30 July 2023
  • Styles was surprised by the gesture just before the show's encore on his final night.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Friedman will join the band, which includes current lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro, for three songs for the gig’s encore.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2023
  • As Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit left the stage, the audience cheered, clapped and stomped, demanding an encore.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2023
  • This time the ice was only 2 inches thick — yet firm enough for figure skaters to perform encores.
    — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024

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