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• As it was a great play, the audience applauded at the end.From the entry end
• The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.From the entry spurt
• We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.From the entry disciplinary
• I reseated after standing up to applaud the prizewinner.From the entry reseat
• Japan applauds NATO’s identification of China as a threat in the Strategic Concept.2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the…. From the entry threat
• Fans across the globe from Franklin Roosevelt to Mussolini applauded his antics in the films that followed.2007, Todd G. Buchholz, New ideas from dead CEOs. From the entry Mickeymania
• We celebrated birthdays by putting out choco-pie and shrimp crackers and applauding.2005, Park Min-Na, translated by Sarah Eunkyung Chee, Birth of Resistance, page 118. From the entry choco pie
• I applaud the organising committee's decision to hold the concert in the heartlands.2003 July 23, Jason Lee Boon Hong, Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 10. From the entry heartland
• A small crowd was there, and even though it was dusk, they recognized the car and applauded.1980, Gerald Ford, A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 213. From the entry Vladivostok
• And I, all alone, east of the aisle up frontish, applauded, amid the numb and blind.1963, Ken Kelman, “Smith Myth”, in P. Adams Sitney, editor, Film Culture Reader (Praeger Film Books), New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.…. From the entry frontish
• Many of them must have agreed in their hearts, and applauded his courage secretly.1955 November, “Mississippi Loses a Minister”, in Clair M. Cook, editor, Economic Justice […], volume XXIV, number 3, Columbus, Oh.…. From the entry know which side one's bread is buttered on
• Mink-coated and sports-jacketed spectators alike loudly applauded the amateur-professional mixed encounter in which Mrs.1941 January 29, Marjorie Martin, “Badminton Fans Contribute $1400 to British Fund”, in Boston Evening Globe, volume CXXXIX, number 29…. From the entry sports-jacketed
• And the women, as they listened to his tale, applauded the departure with undissimulated pleasure.1921, Vicente Blasco Iba, The Torrent. From the entry undissimulated
• And every one applauds, whether it's in a room, or a hall, or on a platform.1920, Rita, Diana of the Ephesians: A Novel, Stokes, page 184. From the entry superwonderful
• The instrumentation on this song is so pure and polished that it has to be applauded for its production.2022, Trenton Bailey, Do You Remember? Celebrating Fifty Years of Earth, Wind & Fire. From the entry instrumentation
• Most of the church amened and applauded.2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx. From the entry amen
• Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary.2012, Ruth Ramsden, chapter 9, in Blue Murder at the Pink Parrot, London: Cutting Edge Press, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry statuary
• “Score one for the good guys,” I said, applauding.2010, Linda Joy Singleton, Dead Girl Walking. From the entry corruptician
• Cowboy applauded his pupils and turned to the audience.2007, Kay L. McDonald, Heart in Custody, iUniverse, page 40. From the entry wahine
• The guys turn to me and applaud.2003, Alan Eisenstock, “Injured Reserve”, in Ten on Sunday: The Secret Life of Men, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 220. From the entry moon shot
• Reeder revels in white trashery—and applauds herself for doing so.1997 November 30, Margaret Talbot, “Getting Credit for Being White”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Apr 2014. From the entry white trashery
• Distinguished visitors from abroad applauded the Klan fight.1992, Michael Moorcock, The laughter of Carthage. From the entry kludd
• What is it that has so upset the North Atlanticists who only recently applauded the decision by R.1986, Worldwide Report: Arms control, page 19. From the entry North Atlanticist
• When the first show was over, a clique, a claque of six or so, back on the west side applauded.1963, Ken Kelman, “Smith Myth”, in P. Adams Sitney, editor, Film Culture Reader (Praeger Film Books), New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.…. From the entry frontish
• I respect and applaud your indifference to fine poetry when you can contemplate the meretricious charms of this young person.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry meretricious
• He closed his ears to applauding voices of the multitude, when those voices were to him the melody of time.1910 May, Margaret Preston Lynnbrook, “Doctor Bestor's Atonement”, in The New England Magazine, volume 42, number 3, page 312. From the entry close one's ears
• Everyone applauded and sauntered up to the buffet of spaghetti, meatballs, Italian bread, salad and gelato, pizzells, biscotti and cannolli for dessert.2020, Gwen Davis, The Nativity, Bloomington, IN: Balboa Press, →ISBN. From the entry pizzell
• Lauer applauded the Hub for its response to last weekend’s blizzicane — a storm, he said, that “hammahd’’ the city, mimicking a Boston accent.2013 February 15, Mark Shanahan, Meredith Goldstein, “Fans flock to see ‘Today’ show at Faneuil Hall”, in Boston Globe. From the entry blizzicane
• To be sure, the audience, Pavlovianly primed by some of our premier playwrights and critics, laughs and laughs, and applauds and applauds.2003 October 9, “In Brief: Beckett/Albee”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec…. From the entry Pavlovianly
• As for leadership, she applauds New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose stern law and order policies have won over the "black silent majority," she says.1998 June 7, Judith Levine, "What Went Wrong on the Way to Integration" (book review of Someone Else's House by Tamar Jacoby)…. From the entry silent majority
• At the border town of Erenhot, the people working beside the track look up and smile as the train enters China and begin to applaud.1988 March, Paul Theroux, “China Passage”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume 173, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 298. From the entry Erenhot
• As the night-take-backers applaud Steve, Laura runs out, and he follows to thank her for not delivering him to what he’d previously, cringily, called a “lynch mob.”2020, Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, A Very Special 90210 Book: 93 Absolutely Essential Episodes from TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code, New…. From the entry cringily
• Indigenous community representative Kroeung Tola applauded the decision to grant Yeak Laom Lake its new protected area status, but said many natural resources had already been lost.2019 April 29, Voun Dara, “Ministry approves protected area status for Yeak Laom Lake in Ratanakkiri”, in The Phnom Penh Post, archived…. From the entry Yeak Laom
• And the little tree, the children's tree, lights up in red, green, blue and yellow, and they gasp and applaud and laugh and say, “Mewwy Kissmiss Mom!”2016, Neoma Nayrah, The Light Under the Door. From the entry Kissmiss
• Instead of saying, “Thank you” and launching into the monologue, the host said, “Back at ya.” Does this mean that the host was applauding the audience?2013, Mary Langton, American Idylls, page 22. From the entry back at ya
• The fatigued and deluded travellers now relinquished the pursuit; and had no sooner done so, than they heard shellycoat applauding, in loud bursts of laughter, his successful roguery.2013, Donald Mackenzie, Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk Life, →ISBN. From the entry shellycoat
• The rumor is after that, Chuck Todd told Gibbs that it was a chickenpoop move and was applauded by the rest of the WH press corps.2009 January 31, Bob Rudd, “OT Come and get me, coppers!”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jun 2026. From the entry chickenpoop

Meaning of applaud

1. noun Applause; applauding.
2. noun Plaudit.
3. verb To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

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How do you use applaud in a sentence?

Applaud is used as a noun and verb. For example: “After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.”

What is a short sentence with applaud?

“Most of the church amened and applauded.”

What does applaud mean?

Applaud means applause; applauding.