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?
• As for his team’s encore, the Bruins coach is eager to press play.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• But his encore to that award-worthy season never got going.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• Each night will culminate with them sharing the stage together on a joint encore.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2021
• The Ohana Festival returns for an encore run next weekend.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2021
• This is life in the purgatory of a pandemic that went away, returned and has now settled in for an unwelcome encore.
  — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021
• As with any success, speculation has already turned what can be done as an encore, and imitators won't be far behind.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
• Now, for an encore, Harsin and his team will be tasked with trying to do something no team has been able to do yet this season — solve Georgia’s defense.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 5 Oct. 2021
• This week, an encore is in order after three famous musicians all managed to sell their California homes around the same time.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• After ripping through Alabama's defense in last year's meeting, what will Corral do for an encore?
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
• Having returned stateside to the job that pays his salary, Johnson is priming himself for an encore to his Olympic experience.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Sep. 2021
• A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• An encore of the series premiere will air at 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 as well, with the eight-episode show airing on Sundays at 9 p.m. thereafter.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
• The most likely conclusion to this government spending standoff is an encore that threatens Johnson's chances of being re-elected as House speaker.
  — Maria Curi, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024