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The audience had been applauding those who pre-viously marched, but when Ernie appeared they fell silent.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

I had been applauding good and condemning evil when it cost me nothing but the sentiment; but when the fiery test came, my purpose cracked and shrivelled before it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

William threw a wild glance about him, looking for other girls, but the tireless orchestra began to play the encore, and Miss Boke, who had been applauding, instantly cast herself upon his bosom.

From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Tarkington, Booth