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applause
noun as in clapping; expression of approval
Example Sentences
He led the packed cathedral in applause for Ramos and Liu and asked Bratton to bring a message to the men and women of the NYPD.
A call from the stage for President Peña Nieto to resign drew the loudest applause.
And one person started clapping, and then the whole room erupted in applause.
Their speech was met “very warmly, with applause,” according to bishops briefing the press afterwards.
“For someone to scream, that is like applause to us,” Harlacher said.
General Lachambre, as the hero of Cavite, followed to receive the applause which was everywhere showered upon him in Spain.
Frantic applause, several times repeated, which drowned the voice of the orator.
When he came out on the stage the applause was tremendous, and enough in itself to excite and electrify one.
A boy on the stage danced very finely and obtained much applause.
A hideous yell of applause rose from the multitude, and again he plunged his saber into the carriage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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