hand-clapping

Example Sentences

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After some girls completed their classwork recently, they played a hand-clapping game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

No sign of that at time of writing, and there was a desk-banging, hand-clapping show of unity from Labour MSs in yesterday's debate.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

They burst forth with full-throated, hand-clapping exuberance, with soloists using the auctioneer’s elevated lectern as a pulpit to deliver a musical sermon about longing, travails, aspirations and faith.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

Others were written especially for the album, like “Dance Revival,” which features a foot-stomping, hand-clapping backbeat behind the electrifying voice of Jekalyn Carr.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Tony led the loud hand-clapping and was out in the center of the floor when it stopped.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston