curtain off

phrasal verb

curtained off; curtaining off; curtains off

: to separate or cover (something) by using a curtain

The booth was curtained off on three sides.

We curtained the back of the room off for privacy.

Examples of curtain off in a Sentence

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At a campaign event in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Saturday, his team reportedly curtained off the upper bowl of the arena and left several empty seats in the lower bowl. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Surrounded by lush terrain, water flows like curtains off the cliff's edge, resulting in photographs that are almost as impressive as the in-person experience. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024 There were still small pockets of empty seats in Fiserv Forum's upper bowl, with multiple sections curtained off. —

Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2024 Rather than curtaining off the kitchen space, her cooking became a feature of the party. —

Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024 In any event, a far cry — both literally and figuratively — from the fraction of that at the arena in 2017, when the upper level was curtained off because of slow ticket sales. —

Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024 Her sleeping quarters are in a corner of a ward car, curtained off with a sheet. —

Aaron Stern, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023 The arena’s lower bowl appeared more than half full while the upper bowl was curtained off. —

Dave Hogg, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2023