standing ovation
Example Sentences
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Naza premiered last Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, where it received a 25-minute standing ovation, but has not yet been made available to the wider public.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Elland Road was unsurprisingly on its feet to hand Calvert-Lewin a deserved standing ovation when he came off.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
US-indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro received a standing ovation as he appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
His perfectionism was his best friend and worst enemy: One source remembers him playing to a crowd of 60,000 and receiving a standing ovation, only to come off stage and say, “I suck.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The standing ovation that he received at the Watermelon Feed wasn’t particularly surprising.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
