[
US
/ˈmætɪˌneɪ/
]
NOUN
- a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
How To Use matinee In A Sentence
- It is precisely because Frayn establishes the people that the famous second act, in which we see the farce from a backstage perspective during a matinee in Goole, is more than a balletic exercise. Noises Off - review
- At the matinee, Emily patiently sat in my lap.
- The play runs from Monday to the following Saturday at 7.30 pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm.
- Little Lord Fauntleroy," and afterwards as a "horsy" young man in a _matinée_ in which Violet Vanbrugh appeared. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)
- A few tickets remain for the matinee performance at 1.30 pm Saturday but the evening performance is sold out.
- After afternoon matinees in the summer, my coworker and I would change to our bikinis and sunbathe on the roof of the theater.
- Yet women were also commonly found in theatre audiences: matinées catered particularly to mothers and children, while evening performances at theatres attracted courting couples.
- I remember the great moviegoing experiences (my dad taking me to a jampacked advance-night screening of Jurassic Park ... best moviegoing experience of my life) more than the bad ones (my dad taking me to see an afternoon matinee of Airheads that had me feeling guilty that it turned out to be such a stinker). Scott Mendelson: 2010 Is the Worst Year for Movies Ever, Just Like Every Year Before It
- Prices at morning and afternoon matinees will be 53 cents.
- As well as the evening performances there is a matinee on Saturday, at 2pm.