applause
Example Sentences
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As the crowd showered him with applause, he spread his arms out wide and threw his head back.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are done with Home Depot’s lies,” she said, drawing cheers and applause.
From Los Angeles Times
At Burns’s swearing-in in 1970, Nixon quipped that the audience’s applause was “a standing vote of appreciation in advance for lower interest rates and more money.”
Italy, as the host nation, marched in last to deafening applause and cheers from the crowd in Milan.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the loudest applause during the parade was for the Ukraine team.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
