hand-clapping
Example Sentences
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After some girls completed their classwork recently, they played a hand-clapping game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
No sign of that at time of writing, and there was a desk-banging, hand-clapping show of unity from Labour MSs in yesterday's debate.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
Others were written especially for the album, like “Dance Revival,” which features a foot-stomping, hand-clapping backbeat behind the electrifying voice of Jekalyn Carr.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
The song blooms into full-fledged reggae, but doesn’t settle there; it dissolves into a hand-clapping beat and echoey piano chords, with a few words from Ederra’s mother at the end.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Fern and the youngest Ankton girl, Beatrice, taught each other hand-clapping songs.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
