applauding

Example Sentences

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“We should be applauding Ken for spending $238 million in NYC, not attacking him for doing so,” Ackman wrote on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The nonprofit issued a statement on Wednesday applauding Huerta’s decision to share her story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Who do you think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ voters are more comfortable with applauding?

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Von Allmen, however, was a picture of celebration after his storming run, the large number of baying Swiss fans in the packed tribune wildly applauding their hero, flags waved, cowbells heaved and air horns blown.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

At great Muslim rallies since then I have seen, and heard, and felt ten thousand black people applauding and cheering.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey