Sentence examples for instead of an encore from inspiring English sources

Instead of an encore, they reprised The Man Don't Give a Fuck in yeti costumes.

Almost as soon as the performance ended, instead of an encore, there were fireworks, which the crowd lingered to enjoy.

Household favourite Joseph Calleja was brought on to intersperse Verdi orchestral excerpts with five arias, and though he did this with brisk efficiency there was no sense of style or sincerity: for this Maltese tenor, crossover is a matter of industrial production, and his fans clearly felt short-changed when, instead of singing an encore, he just blew kisses at them.

He gave them a taste of 1978: "Alison" and "(What's So Funny Boutt) Peace, Love and Understanding" and, finally, instead of the encores listed on the set list, a furious and crude version of "Pump It Up".

Its withholding of an encore felt doctrinal.

Never heard of an encore career this New Year?

Marc Freedman's concept of an "encore career" is an outstanding exception.

"The people upstairs were like, 'It's tradition, you have to do it here,' " he said of the encore, as if he were describing an exotic ritual instead of a rock-club cliché.

And when pressed for an encore, the group wisely offered the glowing Adagio from Haydn's "Rider" Quartet (Op. 74, No. 3): instead of a bon-bon, a benediction.

A one-off show can't do that; instead, it acts as an encore, a retrospective.

Later, a stage manager instructed him on the basics of returning for an encore.