How To Use Applause In A Sentence

More volunteers follow with lurid tales of domestic mishaps, each earning applause. Times, Sunday Times
(Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. TRICONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
As he completed his speech, the room echoed with applause and cheers of celebration.
Why do TV channels insist on added canned laughter and applause on quiz shows? The Sun
He left the arena to loud applause.

At the prayer conference, warm applause greeted Hurwitz's announcement that she might be getting the title rabbi "but with a slightly distinct sound. Undefined
Such was the rapturous applause that he was dragged out for a second time to take a bow. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the cheers and applause, the officers had their share of mishaps.
She's receiving adulatory applause from the audience, and has a really exciting pyrotechnic display too.
Trade union barons gave the speech rapturous applause. The Sun
Afterwards, Terry tells me he ended up putting in earplugs in between songs, the applause and yelling was deafening him.
Applause was loudest from the stand bearing his name. Times, Sunday Times
There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down .
But there was the usual reverent silence, broken by the occasional embarrassed cough or ripple of restrained applause.
Obviously the “rich girls weep” gains applause and plaudits from the public at large and the government. Welcome ‘Times’ Readers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The President spoke at length in a speech punctuated by applause.
During a recent conference featuring government and stock-exchange officials, a businessman named Bazarsad Jargalsaikhan won applause when he wagged his forefinger and scoffed, "We've been given many things in the past—worthless! Mining Boom Fuels New Mongol Hoard
It's an olive branch sheathed like a blade, but it draws the largest applause of the night.
He stepped into the spotlight to the wild applause of the crowd.
He was greeted with rapturous applause. The Sun
One delegate, amidst great applause, said he felt glorified that the party was disenthralled and redeemed. A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
The entrance on to the stage was greeted with a mixture of squealing, screams, shouts and rounds of applause!
I've heard higher flights of oratory, funnier jokes, crueller gibes at opponents, cannier attempts to win applause. Times, Sunday Times
As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary.
The audience collapses in laughter, and the theater resounds with a barrage of applause.
The palace of the Sylphides was a tavern, and Clarice, the neglected fiancee of besotted Eraste, made an appearance as a laundress, boxed her sylph-sotted betrothed about the ears, then pulled him off stage to the applause of the audience. Archive 2009-03-01
Within the broad outlines of a speech punctuated with applause lines andpolitical humor, he underscored several issues that have been on consumers' radar screens. Obama's speech and the State of the Consumer
The concert hall resounded with cheers and applause.
The applause died down as the curtain closed.
Werther's main aria, I think, was stellar and received lots of applause and bravos.
We are never sentimentally attached and wander at applause and never hesitate.
After wild applause from the gallery, Hogan said nothing, then hit his next shot within a few feet of the cup.
The tears flowed along with the ripple of applause. Times, Sunday Times
The not-guilty verdicts were greeted with cries of delight and tears from some defendants and applause from the gallery.
torrential applause
With the brightly coloured banderillas (barbed darts) he approaches the bull excellently and positions them carefully on the neck, bringing the crowd to its feet with applause.
He received rapturous applause as his image was flashed up on the giant screen. Times, Sunday Times
Sting left the stage to a tumultuous round of applause and three of the Beatles took over, Paul being the surprising omission.
The crowd of Republican delegates, who had been quite generous with their applause up until that point, sat there in stony silence. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Stimulus Funding Political?
The audience loaded the champion with thunderous applause.
They are burnt, diced or melted in acid in front of onlookers who react with polite applause.
Their applause turned to murmuring; their smiles turned into sullen looks. Christianity Today
It always ended in a large round of appreciative applause. CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
On another occasion, at the same theatre, the prima donna was taken suddenly ill in the midst of a terzetto, in which Tamburini had the bass, and, while supporting her on the stage, this accomplished musician actually took the soprano in his falsetto, and performed the part of the indisposed lady in a manner which drew down universal applause. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
The audience burst into wild applause.
She cleared the course without fault, drawing huge applause. The Sun
The audience bursts into ecstatic applause as she struggles to get through a door carrying a dummy. Times, Sunday Times
For many, whistleblowers, tattling on the boss still means career suicide - with no applause.
Wild applause erupted when Zeng Fanzhi's painting of youths wearing absurd masks and Red Guard scarves went for $9.7 million, a new auction high for any Asian contemporary artwork.
No applause could be heard, though hugs and tears were evident.
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
The applause he heard was from fans impressed by shots that stopped close to the pin.
She arrives on stage in a dazzling costume to a burst of applause. Times, Sunday Times
Signior Lampone and Anne Lucas climbed up on to the rostrum, and the applause swelled. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
The noble art of self-defence in all its aesthetic glory will always draw polite applause from appreciative audiences. The Sun
He toured the country to rapturous applause. Times, Sunday Times
Reminding me for all the world of wooden-faced commissars delivering set speeches to "the masses," who from time to time were expected to break out in "prolonged, stormy applause," city officials tried to ensure from the start that no real dialogue would take place. Archive 2009-10-01
the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause
The sight of the Belgian centre back warming up in the tenth minute had brought appreciative applause. Times, Sunday Times
Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.
At the end of some of the early numbers, there was a sticky few seconds of silence before the requisite applause began.
The noble art of self-defence in all its aesthetic glory will always draw polite applause from appreciative audiences. The Sun
A chorus of applause and cheers greeted this, so loud for so few that I looked around in confusion, wondering where they had hidden all the extra people.
Every act earned a rapturous round of applause from the audience and it wasn't long before people were out of their seats and on the dance floor.
The applause rippling around the stadium was for more than just a piece of accomplished defending.
For this he received tumultuous applause. Times, Sunday Times
She made her exit from the stage to rapturous applause.
Both made powerful speeches to rousing applause. The Sun
I mean what could you possibly win, apart from cash and the kind of frankly transitory and ephemeral applause of certain kinds?
There is no applause, so perhaps this performance was recorded in the studios for a later broadcast.
The applause was so thunderous, the walls were shaking. Times, Sunday Times
The counterrevolution is a rotting worm (applause). CASTRO RADIO AND TV INTERVIEW
And, when they do, they always smile and sigh, and there's a silent mime of applause.
In blazers and berets, their medals shining, they smiled broadly and soaked up the applause and cheers.
The audience however enjoyed the production and gave full vent to their feelings with thunderous applause at the conclusion.
The Yorkshireman, an outspoken Labour MP who represents Grimsby, had his passionately regionalist speech met with applause from those who attended the convention, the first of its kind in Yorkshire.
Any government attempt to save money and reduce bureaucracy deserves applause. Times, Sunday Times
And on it goes, each lame joke greeted with feeble, self-regarding applause and laughter that comes like a slow belch.
To that, he would always say litter and that would win him applause. Times, Sunday Times
There is a murmuring of applause and the players leave the field to the sound of nightingale song from the darkening sky. Fats, Nutrition and Health
These attacks drew loud applause. Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday, there was a smattering of polite applause from airport staff as the England players arrived. Times, Sunday Times
The first was left and the second caused a defensive prod in the middle of the bat, bringing loud applause from the crowd.
Shafer was rightly showered with wild applause and bravos after Act I, to which she responded with faux-incredulous gestures of ‘Me?’
The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
Even if you get no applause, you should accept a curtain call gracefully and appreciate your own efforts.
It had been a spiteful encounter where each glove impact was welcomed with rancorous applause.
The courtroom burst into applause and shouts when the verdict was read.
There was a ripple of applause for the speaker.
I raised my arms in the bathroom mirror, as if to acknowledge the applause. The Times Literary Supplement
The two embraced as the applause grew to a crescendo.
Helena Bell gave a first class performance of Celtic airs and received a very warm applause.
Val Graham's team secured the prize to thunderous applause after a playoff.
At the end of the play the curtain came down to tremendous applause.
The council takes a lot of knocking, but on this occasion their efforts demand nothing but applause.
Her acrobatics were greeted with loud applause.
It was a treat, greeted with rapturous applause after the final bang. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Albert led the slouchy, disinterested crowd in a round of applause for Holly.
The groom, who had a roguish side, pulled Alison into a showy clasp, and the priest stepped back and led the quick applause for the couple, forestalling the biddies who would later complain that the ceremony had lacked dignity.
Dick Shannon seconded this proposal and it was agreed by all members, who gave a warm round of applause to Mr Maxwell.
The applause made it evident the play was a hit.
There was admiring applause at the end but little more than titters throughout a show misguidedly billed as ‘hilariously funny’.
There was considerable applause from his listeners as he advanced his familiar protectionist argument.
There had been warm and even excited applause for other concerts they had been in, but this was frenetic.
The audience loved it so much that they gave spontaneous applause after the fierce ending of the first movement.
There is one character in the film who gets applause at the end for his performance.
His statement on abortion was greeted by moderate applause.
Applause rang out in the room where ministers had bargained throughout the night as the deal was struck.
Moreover, the Left has tended to turn away from applause for insurrection - at least in so far as prospects for change in Britain are concerned.
“The enthusiasm with which his lecture was everywhere greeted is still ringing throughout California, and now, that his foot is on his native heath, we may expect to see the very mountains shake with a tempest of applause,” cried the Territorial Enterprise,5 making sure to add that the Enterprise was where Sam Clemens had christened the name Mark Twain “and developed that rich and inexhaustible vein of humor which has made the title famous.” Mark Twain
This time it was passed by 34 votes to 24 amid wild applause from the public gallery.
And she deserves the thundering applause of the audience. The Times Literary Supplement
This provoked thunderous applause from the 13,000 people attending the meeting. Times, Sunday Times
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause.
He left the arena to loud applause.
It always ended in a large round of appreciative applause. CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
The hall reverberated with applause each time the guest went down memory lane recalling the college's accomplishments.
By the time it was reproducing intensely colorful herringbones and checkerboards, the crew had abandoned its initial fear in favor of spontaneous bursts of applause. A Triumph of Souls
The ensuing applause seemed to last as long as the song. Times, Sunday Times
I raised my arms in the bathroom mirror, as if to acknowledge the applause. The Times Literary Supplement
Like the jet-lag, the applause also came in waves and I now found myself standing alone on a narrow isthmus out where the two tides met. THE CALLIGRAPHER
There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down .
The further behind the competitor the more focused the applause. Times, Sunday Times
He toured the country to rapturous applause. Times, Sunday Times
If we do not link education with work in these schools, they would not be communist schools. [applause] It would not be a revolutionary education. [more applause] It would not be a communist education. [more applause] This school which materially excels any of the best schools that the capitalists have, if it was a school similar to those, if it was a school for "dandies" that have to be pampered in every manner, whether it be making their beds, serving them their breakfast, and have an army of servants at their beck and call so that they could waste their time talking, studying a little, having fun, then none of these schools would be any different than those schools attended by the children of capitalists and bourgeois. [applause] INAUGURATION-COMMANDANTE PINARES BASIC SECONDARY
The sight of the Belgian centre back warming up in the tenth minute had brought appreciative applause. Times, Sunday Times
I think Severin Films is doing heroic work in bringing Franco's 1980s work to DVD at all, but the label deserves our recognition and applause for the stellar some might say unnecessary quality they bring to each presentation. Archive 2007-04-15
After the applause had died down, Hector prepared to speechify.
You can almost hear the sound of one hand clapping in applause. Times, Sunday Times
And the applause from the huge hall was thunderous.
The loud applause could not drown out the booming sound of the karts' engines on the race track as they awaited the checkered flag.
There was a loud, thunderous applause as she gave them one last smile and burst into tears.
In the excitement as the applause commenced, nobody had noticed Stafford slipping out of the lecture hall.
Whether you get spontaneous applause or not, you have earned it. Training with N.L.P.
M'liss's readiness and brilliancy, of course, captivated the greatest number, and provoked the greatest applause, and M'liss's antecedents had unconsciously awakened the strongest sympathies of the miners, whose athletic forms were ranged against the walls, or whose handsome bearded faces looked in at the window. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers
Waves of applause greeted a cinched blue silk jacket with a shawl collar scattered with silver embroidery, worn over a citrine skirt in mille-feuille layers of stiff organdie.
It is why the wounded who leave the field on stretchers invariably receive consoling applause from all quarters, friend and foe. Times, Sunday Times
Immediately they all burst out into shouts of applause and praise.
(Loud applause) That is the ilea; and if we do not do that we cannot long keen our rich lands unfilled. Present Conditions in Great Britain
They deserve credit, approbation, applause and salutations for this achievement.
Alone, Prospero speaks an epilogue, in rhyme, saying that now that he has no magic powers he needs the audience's indulgent applause to free him.
They get nothing but applause from me on that score, but I do wish they would tackle Europe, and other issues, with a little more honesty than they seem to believe is politic.
And the slow movement's song clung close to the chest and close to the keyboard, before a flourish of a finale and a long roar of applause. Times, Sunday Times
I hope he now he takes a bow, acknowledges his well-earned applause and strides proudly offstage. Times, Sunday Times
He left the arena to loud applause.
It was not until she understood this applause, and saw Silverstein half out of his seat and intensely, madly happy, and heard the "Oh, you, Joe's!" from many throats, that she realized that instead of being cruelly punished he was acquitting himself well. Chapter 4
So did the rest of the audience - for more rapturous applause and a second encore. Times, Sunday Times
Jean Thompson looked at his wife, whose applause he prized, and she answered by an asseverative toss of the head, leaning back and contriving, with some effort, to get her arms folded. Madame Delphine
The Muscovite's footwork sequences drew special applause from the audience and the judges awarded him 73.05 points.
Even if you get no applause, you should accept a curtain call gracefully and appreciate your own efforts.
When his train crossed the Italian frontier he was welcomed with flowers, tears and applause. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
I loved to suck on the kokum in this bhaaji and as if to give an applause to Mom would make that sound with the tongue touching the palet to create a vacuum and a loud toch~~ in response to the tart flavors that tickled the inside of the mouth. Archive 2008-01-01
Not only was the idea well received, Clinton found that it was his biggest applause line on the stump.
I love seeing the smile on people's faces when they hear something they like, and the uproarious applause that usually follows.
I won't have to be driven by the desire for more applause or more approval. Christianity Today
She got a round of applause when she finished.
To those who did not think so deeply, and they were the greater number by a hundred to one, the splendour of Prince John's rheno, (i.e. fur tippet,) the richness of his cloak, lined with the most costly sables, his maroquin boots and golden spurs, together with the grace with which he managed his palfrey, were sufficient to merit clamorous applause. Ivanhoe. A Romance
He starts to rebuild the bridge, a small crowd regathers, and a ripple of applause once more spreads across to the island.
The show played to full houses for a five-night run and ended to tumultuous applause on Saturday night.
Standing now, the applause reaches its crescendo, and she exits stage right.
Trade union barons gave the speech rapturous applause. The Sun
A hundred days have swept past in a heady parade of media applause, a new baby, a divided Labour party and humiliated Liberal Democrats.
He toured the country to rapturous applause. Times, Sunday Times
(Soundbite of applause) SAGAL: Proud holder of the congressional seat from Sao Paulo is Francisco Everardo Oiliveira Silva, the first circus clown to serve in Brazil's government. Limericks
It is made of polyester, so it will be crease-resistant. [applause] Look at the way things are: we made a survey, [in English] a survey -- looks like my English is not very good. [laughter] Then the members of the detachment wanted to have a uniform. ADDRESSES MEDICAL STUDENTS
With a roar of laughter and a big round of applause, the soldiers ask if she'll be at the dance.
Watanabe raised his hands with smile as supporters welcomed them with applause.
(Laughter and applause) Now, the situation in Palestine is roughly this: On the north we are safe; the French have a mandate north of Damascus, about Syria and along the Baghdad Railway, and they keep us from any bother from the north. Empire Problems of Today
When he leaves go of his hat to use his telescope, his hat flies off, with immense applause. Vanity Fair
There was a huge round of applause when the juniors from the academy took to the stage.
As he lifted his cap to acknowledge the applause, they froze.
After a series of caprioles in response to more clapping, the announcer asked the crowd to hold their applause while Chris rode the horse with only the single lead from the nose ring of a Spanish exhibition halter.
The result is an extraordinarily eclectic mixture that has drawn applause but also raised a few eyebrows. Times, Sunday Times
Now the cheers and applause mingled in a single sustained roar.
When he leaves go of his hat to use his telescope, his hat flies off, with immense applause. Vanity Fair
The sight of the Belgian centre back warming up in the tenth minute had brought appreciative applause. Times, Sunday Times
To their amazement, he completed the course without hitting anything, to applause from onlookers. Times, Sunday Times
Each remark is greeted by laughter and cheers and applause.
The crowd that had gathered burst into applause, and Sarah grinned.
He stood in the ballroom entrance and acknowledged the applause with a small bow.
Take a minute to deliver some well deserved applause for this kid, whose gumption we should all long to emulate.
He received rapturous applause as his image was flashed up on the giant screen. Times, Sunday Times
After a while the crowd broke out into a kind of exultant applause. A Red Death
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
Powell ignited the delegates crammed into the San Diego Convention Center with a fast-paced speech that was interrupted 42 times by applause.
His single appearance in class at business school in Lausanne sparked a round of applause from the other students. Times, Sunday Times
A burst of applause greeted caddies and players as they walked up into the arena.
His appearance on the platform was greeted with a burst of applause.
A stand-in gymnast who did multiple back flips to represent Brundle’s increased mutant strength at the start of Act II received a big round of applause as well. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Fabre went on to attack women's clubs, claiming, to much applause, that they were composed of ‘adventuresses, wandering female knights, emancipated girls, and amazons'.
'indefiniteness' and 'general imbecility' of what we had to offer -- all so unworthy a _Bostonian_ audience -- we commenced, and with many interruptions of applause, concluded. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
Already provoked with sharp pins on which ribbons flutter gaily, the bull rushes frenziedly out and stands in the middle of the arena, looking confused by the roar of applause.
Modesty or Pudor required in all your actions: This is the Virtue I shall labour to describe, which description I hope will be sufficient to direct you towards the acquisition of that agreeable deportment, which hath the power to concilate and procure the applause & affection of all sorts of people. The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex
The audience rewarded the young masker and the entire performance with expressions of pleasure and applause.
Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.
Lachlan Rayburn saw her looking at him and, to her complete astonishment, put his hands together in the mime of applause before turning his back to her and shoving his way out of the crowd of people.
There is no reason for me to go there to speak in English. [applause] I was invited to Caracas, Venezuela, a city, a country, with many heroic, patriotic traditions, which has written an indelible page in internationalistic history. MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN INTELLECTUALS & ARTISTS
The procession made its lively way twice around the town, to the accompaniment of brass band music, the ear-splitting hoots of steam engines, The Velfrey Queen and Pride of Freystrop, and the applause of spectators.
A conspiratorial hush proceeds to cosh the masses, precipitating a muffled ripple of applause as the Mayor and his entourage take to the stand.

How To Use Applause In A Sentence

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