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applause
noun as in clapping; expression of approval
Example Sentences
His remains are to stay in a cemetery outside Paris, but officers carried a symbolic casket draped in a French flag into the former church on the capital's left bank under a cascade of applause.
At one point, a man blew a shofar, the traditional musical horn used in Jewish rituals, to the crowd’s applause.
“Let’s buckle down together, let’s remove barriers for each other and let’s go get it, all right?” he said to applause.
The applause was more than appreciation for a movie.
As expected, some of Swift’s more questionable lyrics — many of which were exponentially funnier as clean versions — garnered some chuckles, and “Actually Romantic,” an alleged Charli XCX diss track, notably concluded without applause.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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