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
• 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
• 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
• By the end of her cameo, the entire crowd was screaming for an encore.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], al, 12 July 2023
• Coming off the best game of his career, Travis Dye will be asked for an encore.
  — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2021
• There won’t be an encore for The Muppets Mayhem at Disney+.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• Kennedy jumped back in on lead vocal as the band took off toward encore.
  — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• An encore replay of the race will air primetime on the Olympic Channel at 8:00 p.m. ET.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2022
• Because who wouldn’t want to see what the Sox have in store as an encore for the worst season ever.
  — Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
• Up until this point on the tour, Young and Crazy Horse had limited the encore set to just one song.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
• 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
• The excited crowd wanted more, of course, but the singer had performed all 13 tracks off the album, and there was no mention of an encore in the set list that had been distributed to the press.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024