How to Use encore in a Sentence

encore

noun
  • 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?
  • The two then performed an encore of the song to close out J.I.D’s set.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Now the Spurs are ready to see what Forbes has in store for an encore.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Maybe the question of a full encore was too much to ask.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Of course, that means there’s no encore act for ClearSpace-1.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Applause filled the room, and Smokey stood for his encore.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • When the Who came out for an encore, the band played only two songs.
    — Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2022
  • One of the night’s peak moments comes at the beginning of the encore.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
  • By the end of her cameo, the entire crowd was screaming for an encore.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Jack Knowlton has been there, done that and dares to dream of an encore.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Maestro Manze, not wanting to miss the encore, listened from the side of the stage.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • But there was an encore: clam miso, and then pear with sake gelée and lime ice cream.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • By the encore, Adele was ready to (obliquely) address the elephants in the, er, field.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2022
  • And so that was our encore every night for about ten years.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The only way Ohlsson could have pleased the crowd more would have been to play an encore.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • As an encore, Ax played a dreamy reading of Beethoven’s Für Elise.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
  • During an encore, the three-piece band emerged on a boat to a roar of cheers from the audience and cast.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • And the Spurs have one Friday, with Murray ready for an encore.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Although this might be a weird word, in a way, kind of like an encore to something.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
  • DeRozan, the star of the Spurs’ victory over the Wolves on Saturday, was not in the building for the encore.
    — ExpressNews.com, 10 Jan. 2021
  • As for his team’s encore, the Bruins coach is eager to press play.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Young’s mastery here in Texas was an encore to his game-winning drive of the 2021 Iron Bowl.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Towns’ offense could be all the difference in the encore.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • An encore to the heartening day Sunday that the team and school will always be able to treasure in and of itself.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025

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