applausive
- a word derived from applause.
Example Sentences
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This applausive silence has gone on long enough.
From Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius
Ere ceased the shout applausive, from his seat Uprose the warrior Saxo, in his hand The goblet, in the other Alp, his sword, Pointing to heaven.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
O no, for then it would be tractable, Mild and applausive as the others be.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Their talk had been of the late municipal struggle, and of Kent's part in it; and, like Miss Van Brock, Penelope was applausive.
From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis
She had a narrow, narrow face, with eyes of terrible slyness, an applausive smile, and a demeanor of slavish patronage.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
