applaud
Example Sentences
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I take your point and applaud you for turning your finances around, particularly through hard work, patience and waiting to claim Social Security at 70.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
At those prices, “you’d better laugh, give it a standing ovation, applaud, put it on Yelp and Google—the whole works,” said producer and theater communications executive Jay Michaels.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Not every crowd will gleefully applaud and cheer a known notorious villain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
One woman stood to applaud as he continued to lean into shared ground: “We pray for the same things.”
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
“Willing to be brainswept are you, Reynard? I applaud your sacrifice. That is, I would if my hands were not so crudely bound.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Vocabulary lists containing applaud
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Unit 3, Week 1
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