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

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

Unified has heaped on itself and also has received from state officials applauding the district’s positive education news.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

A juggler tosses globes of black and white and silver high into the air, where they seem to hover before falling again into his hands, his attentive spectators applauding.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern