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
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
Salah was able to walk from the field unaided but took his time as he did so and turned to applaud all sides of Anfield.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
The little turtle bouncing around in the cab, we drag the wagon around the circular redbrick driveway outside the wrought- iron gates and return the salutes of the world’s leaders as they stand and applaud.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing applaud
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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Unit 3, Week 1
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