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• The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.From the entry round
• Please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!From the entry round of applause
• He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.From the entry attire
• Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!From the entry miss
• You could see she was pleased, she was lapping up the applause.From the entry lap up
• She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.From the entry move
• Let's have a round of applause for the home team, as these quarterly production numbers are a big win.From the entry home team
• He let out a string of profanities. That acronym is a string of letters. She heard a string of applause from the audience, amid a few strings of laughter.From the entry string
• I thank TSA agents for searching me: applause for security theater.2013 August 22, Jeff Jarvis, “As a Democrat, I am disgusted with President Obama”, in The Guardian. From the entry security theater
• “What might my prize be, I wonder?” Finch smirked as the applause subsided.2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 149. From the entry unpulped
• Their entrance sparked laughter, applause and lots of Allen’s trademark “ooo-ooo” monkey-speak from the sold-out crowd.1992 June 7, Mark Clark, “Comedy Review: Tim Allen”, in The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky., page A 13, column 1. From the entry monkey-speak
• An employer dipping his hoardy hands into the pay packets of workers doesn't ever expect an applause.1985, Newswatch - Volume 2, page 4. From the entry hoardy
• Ch'ang-ch'un docked at Pier No 1 in T'ang-ku Harbor amidst thunderous cheers and applause.1960 April 25 [1959 October 6], Sun Tu, A Brilliant Decade of Harbor Construction in Our Country, United States Joint Publications…. From the entry T'ang-ku
• The rapid handing out of the diplomas brought frequent applause—bits, spatters, volleys, as the case might be.1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 32, in Bertram Cope’s Year. From the entry spatter
• "Game, set and match to Byrd!" announced Westcott above the applause.1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 13, in Left Tackle Thayer. From the entry game, set, match
• He retired blushfully to the pavilion, amidst applause, and Stone came out.1909, P. G. Wodehouse, Mike. From the entry blushfully
• Both players were given rapturous rounds of applause as they collected their trophies after the second longest major final in history.2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC. From the entry rapturous
• To raucous applause, he hammered home Ms.2022 March 11, Danny Hakim, “Nevada’s Costly, Photo-Finish Senate Race Pits Abortion vs. Economy”, in The New York Times. From the entry Nevadan
• Everybody give the dummy a big round of applause.2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF. From the entry dummy
• Lila came out third, to a good level of applause.2015, Jessica Alcott, Even When You Lie to Me, New York, N.Y.: Crown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry wolf-whistle
• He halfheartedly paid attention to the flurry of activity on the runway, until a thunderous round of applause suddenly broke out.2009, Linda Hudson-Smith, chapter 1, in Romancing the Runway (Kimani Romance), Washington, D.C.: Kimani Press, →ISBN. From the entry runway
• We received a hearty round of applause and have now challenged the debating team from Carleton to a match.2003, Lauraine Snelling, More Than a Dream (Return to Red River; 3), Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 237. From the entry trounce
• Light applause from the shaded edges of the courtyard, where in twos and threes curious ninjettes had been pacing, whispering, touching.1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage, published 2000, page 163. From the entry ninjette
• Heavy balletomane audience was on hand, generous in its applause welcoming back this unique troupe after a five-year wartime absence.1946 December 14, Frank Gill, “Jooss Ballet Juice In Return to B'way”, in The Billboard, volume 58, number 50, page 48. From the entry terp
• Poroshenko's speech was viscerally anti-Russian, and his loudest applause line came when he vowed to establish an autocephalous (independent from Moscow) Ukrainian Orthodox Church patriarchate.2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 447. From the entry autocephalous
• The applause dies away surprisingly quickly.2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian. From the entry that's your lot
• During the applause the singer poured a glass of water from the decanter into the tumbler, drank a mouthful, and Welsh-combed his moustache and hair.2004, Evelyn Conlon, Later On. From the entry welsh-comb
• X please stand up.” One fake would start out of his chair and then, bashfully, the real person would stand up to studio applause.1996 March 18, Barbara Amiel, “The stream of anti-Israeli vitriol”, in Maclean’s, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022. From the entry will the real someone please stand up
• They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10. From the entry palatine
• Then, too, many agencies and sponsors judge the worth of their shows by the audience applause (via recordings) when the program is checked later.1939 April 15, “Why Audiences?”, in Welford Beaton, editor, Hollywood Spectator, volume 14, number 1, The Hollywood Spectator Company…. From the entry egger-oner
• She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse.1916, Vance Barnum, Joe Strong on the Trapeze. From the entry antic
• Merritt moved thanks to the “Chairmaness,” and quality of tone which it would be quite right for a heavy the meeting closed with applause.1901, The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter, page 40, column 1. From the entry chairmaness
• So like every little boy who has ever been impressed by its Hogwartsesque buildings and impressive facilities, I chose Dulwich, to the rapturous applause of my father.2015, Mireille Galinou, The Dulwich Notebook, Your London Publishing, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry Hogwartsesque
• But the Dippers should hold their applause, since their party doesn't have the grassroots organization or the roster of good candidates it needs to capitalize on their leader's popularity.2011 April 11, Lysiane Gagnon, “In Quebec, the NDP Is No. 2”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2011. From the entry dipper
• Certainly not by an “applauseometer,” as used to record the volume of applause on the “Major Bowes Amateur Night Talent” shows during the heyday of radio.2001, Stanley Marcus, Quest for the Best, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 27, →ISBN. From the entry applauseometer
• When one strong teen-ager came marching at the head of his section, carrying his five-year-old brother on his shoulders, a storm of applause rang through the air.1997, James Pool, Suzanne Pool, chapter 8, in Who Financed Hitler, U.S.A., →ISBN, page 439. From the entry teen-ager
• When the curtain rises on a sumptiously decorated or highly detailed realistic setting, almost without expectation audiences react with surprise and pleasure, following which spontaneous applause erupts.1993, Darwin Reid Payne, Scenographic Imagination, Southern Illinois University Press - Carbondale and Edwardsville, page 51. From the entry sumptiously

Meaning of applause

1. noun The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
2. verb To applaud.

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Questions about applause in a sentence

How do you use applause in a sentence?

Applause is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.”

What is a short sentence with applause?

“The applause dies away surprisingly quickly.”

What does applause mean?

Applause means the act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.