curtain
noun
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
curtained
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past participleof curtain.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof curtain.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
curtainnouna hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Noseda seems slightly amused by the weirdness of these curtained interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
When they got closer to the cave - the entrance to which had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - "a little blonde girl came running out".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
In a dazzling prelude, a fashion film starring Margaret Qualley, the actress and daughter of Andie MacDowell, illuminated the runway’s curtained walls with a whimsical narrative directed by Dave Free.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
One votes in private, in a curtained booth, on intimate terms with an oversize ballot.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Their apartment was shadowy, too heavily curtained for a gray day.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
