How to Use matinee in a Sentence

matinee

noun

• That shot was the go-ahead hit that beat the Bombers 7-4 in the matinee finale in the Bronx.
  — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 6 May 2021
• The place is packed and the audience is rapt for the matinee.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• Great marks, but the good times were had by all in this matinee.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 14 Feb. 2021
• But neither was in the lineup for the matinee against the Mets.
  — Matt Gelb, Philly.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• The Freer Gallery will screen the 1954 film during a weekday matinee.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• The Avs did run out of gas in this game, which was the second matinee in as many days after the trade.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
• The Giants need to win Thursday’s matinee to avoid a four-game sweep.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2021
• Tipoff has been rescheduled from a 3 p.m. matinee to the usual 7 p.m.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The matrons took the younger kids to the matinee at the Vogue Theater on Saturdays.
  — Kristina Goetz, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
• There was a shot to turn the Thursday matinee back to favoring the home dugout.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
• Or matinee fodder for the likes of Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
• The Blue Jackets will stay in town for a Sunday matinee.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2021
• There will be a talk with the cast after each Sunday matinee.
  — Hartford Courant, 22 June 2022
• Shows start at 7:30 p.m. both nights, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Friday.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• But even a matinee is going to be a different crowd than the evening.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
• So, what’s the best way to bet Thursday’s Summit League matinee?
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
• There will be a talk back with the cast after each Sunday matinee.
  — courant.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• The genre-blending Julius Rodriguez plays a matinee at 2 p.m., free via twitch.tv\therelixchannel.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 May 2022
• But there is a handful of matinees and other start times.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• The crew is away from this haunted riverboat for this matinee.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2024
• The crew is away from this haunted riverboat for this matinee.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
• His love of the theater came from his mom, who would take the young Prince to many a Saturday matinee.
  — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019
• The run will start with two shows Saturday, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday.
  — Sandy Guerra-Cline, star-telegram, 27 Feb. 2018
• In the standings, the teams are eight points apart after the Kings’ 2-1 win in Friday’s matinee in Anaheim.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
• The Easter Sunday edition will stream on Mandolin at 2 p.m. for the matinee show and 8 p.m. for the evening show.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
• Kansas City won three out of four games in the series that ended with a hot matinee.
  — David Smale, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
• As part of new union contracts, the Met can present up to 17 Sunday matinees this season.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
• Wear it for a night of whimsy at a Shakespearean ballet or to the Wicked matinee.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
• Boston only has one other matinee left on its schedule: at home against the Denver Nuggets next Sunday (1 p.m.).
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
• And a trip to Preservation Hall is a must, especially first-time visitors—catch a matinee show.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025