applaud
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Origin of applaud
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Contemporary Examples of applaud
It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.
I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.
If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.
Historical Examples of applaud
But self-improvement is a dull game when there is no one to applaud your score.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
I had an indescribable sense that I ought to applaud, as if I were a public meeting.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
And every body will applaud an event that every body expects.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
What are you the worse if the people hiss at you, so you applaud yourself?
The Praise of FollyDesiderius Erasmus
When he spoke all was tranquility of attention, and every mouth was open to applaud.
ImogenWilliam Godwin