Example Sentences

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The companies are in an “impossible situation,” she added, pointing out that if it had been an obvious hack “everyone would have been applauding them.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2020

And Twitter users have been applauding that response.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2020

Fans have been applauding opponents' goals and displaying a sign saying, "Pray for McDavid."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2015

Although of course the audience might just have been applauding their own survival; Jelinek's is an epic piece.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2012

They may also have been applauding for Bruce, whose time has come�belatedly.

From Time Magazine Archive