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applaud

verb as in clap for; express approval

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Example Sentences

It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.

Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.

They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.

I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.

If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.

A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

I think so, at least, by the agitation they are in and by the self-satisfied air with which they applaud their success.

When June's fortune is finished all applaud her, as if she had performed some feat of skill, and then Mr. Morrell seizes Wy.

All eyes are bent in eager gaze to catch the first glimpse of the new Hamlet—all hands are ready to applaud.

He himself was sufficient audience to himself, ready to applaud and condemn with equal exaggeration of feeling.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to applaud, such as: approve, cheer, commend, compliment, encourage, and hail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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