the clap
Example Sentences
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As fans applauded, the singer grimaced: "They put the clap track on, cool. Thanks for being on my side."
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
Among those in attendance were fellow stairwell couples Branden and Jennifer and Andrew and Amy, who taking their cue from all those nights inside Pauley Pavilion, instinctively commenced the clap.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The Clapper reduced a domestic command to its pure, performative moment: the clap that demands immediate action.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021
However, just the right atmospheric conditions were in place for the clap to travel far.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021
Stanley could count more than thirty seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
