MATINEE in a Sentence

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1. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.

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matinee
 n.  a showing of a movie or theatrical performance in the afternoon
Classic Sentence:
1  This was not his choosing, but the crime of this happy-go-lucky nation which goes blundering along with its Reconstruction tragedies, its Spanish war interludes and Philippine matinees, just as though God really were dead.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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1  The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
2  He moved to Berkeley as usage surged, taking a $750-a-month stipend for food and the occasional matinee movie.