How to Use coda in a Sentence

coda

1 of 2 noun
  • The movie's coda shows the main character as an adult 25 years later.
  • The poster is honored with a coda.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • His final scene, a kind of coda, painfully shows a man wrecked.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2024
  • Writing my memoir would be my coda, my truth.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Writing my memoir would be my coda, my truth.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Elling paused, then picked up the chorus one more time, a wistful coda.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Also add a coda at the end to help sort out people, their births and their deaths.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Apart from a brief coda, the rest of the episode takes the form of five vignettes, each set a year or two apart.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 May 2025
  • The film ends with a coda, set some twenty years after the main action.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • There is the reunion itself, and then the coda in which more is revealed.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • Her stand against evil was one of faith, a fitting coda for this character.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2021
  • But there is an interesting coda to all of this.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • With more than a week, there are two compelling codas to consider.
    — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2020
  • But that’s not the end of the story, which has a melancholy coda in Greece.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • All that really did was the fact a taxing week would end with a coda of relief.
    — Ben Goessling, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • For example, a coda was adorned with an extra click 4% of the time.
    — Warren Cornwall, science.org, 5 July 2024
  • However, this also makes the movie a coda to the series as a whole.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Rawlings should be given time and room to enjoy the coda to his career.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The series will close with a new coda written by King himself.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Hutcherson learned of that coda only as the book hit shelves in March.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
  • For Knoll’s family, the killing was a cruel coda to her long life.
    — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The media will cover it; who knows, maybe Gibney will shoot a coda for his film.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Nicholas Kristof touched on this a bit in a column that could be a coda for the tense weekend that just passed.
    — Andrew Cohen, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
  • But the surprising climax, plus an amusing coda, brings it all home.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Anything that happens after this is a coda or an epilogue.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
  • No title cards summing up Moulin’s noble deeds greet us at the end; there is no misty coda.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • Sperm whales produce codas using phonic lips that move much more slowly.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025
  • There is a brief coda to this episode, set days later, after Kyle has tried to kill himself.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The book’s coda is a collection of exciting recipes from pals.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
  • The coda to this story is that the De Niro interview did go out.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022

CODA

2 of 2 abbreviation or noun
  • A little less than two years later, CODA won three Oscars, including Best Picture.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 June 2026
  • The only streaming service to ever win Best Picture is Apple TV with CODA in 2022.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Other stars reportedly in the running included Cailee Spaeny (Beef season 2) and Emilia Jones (CODA).
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • Best Picture nominee Minari and Best Picture winner CODA both achieved the same feat in 2021 and 2021 respectively.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Several of the show's harbor scenes were filmed in the Bearskin Neck area of Rockport, which also served as the backdrop for The Proposal and CODA, according to WBZ NewsRadio.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • That snapped a streak of three consecutive SAG winners (Oppenheimer, Everything Everywhere All at Once and CODA) who had gone on to claim Oscar’s Best Picture.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Wood is a multiple-time Casting Society Artios Award winner on such movies as CODA, La La Land, My Week With Marilyn and RED.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The double Sundance win has already fired up 2026-27 awards season watchers, with observations that Best Picture nominee Minari and Best Picture winner CODA both achieved the same feat in 2021 and 2021 respectively.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
  • For even more variety, check out one of the city’s neighborhood food halls, like The Hub at Peachtree Center and Municipal Market with four new restaurants downtown; or The Collective Food Hall at CODA and Politan Row at Colony Square in Midtown.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
  • The new names join Emilia Jones (CODA, Task) and Alison Oliver (Wuthering Heights) in the production from LuckyChap, run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara, and Milan Popelka, and Peppiatt’s Coup d’Etat banner.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

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