applaud

• Then, suddenly, as the truth of the statement struck them, the men began to applaud--and the danger of that situation was over Another episode had its part in driving the suf- frage lesson home to Southern women. —  The Story of a Pioneer
• Some of the men started to applaud, then stopped themselves. —  Garwood, Julie - The Gift
• He very formally translates the Latin Grammar into English (as so many had done before him) and fancies he has written an English Grammar; and divines applaud, and schoolmasters usher him into the polite world, and English scholars carry on the jest, while Horne Tooke's genuine anatomy of our native tongue is laid on the shelf. —  The Spirit of the Age
• Prager's courage also reflects another value we should applaud, which is compassion. bloodthirsty calls for Bernie Madoff's head, the utter lack of compassion, the refusal to reflect on whether our wealth-obsessed culture has any responsibility to bear in this affair, —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
• I saw that the only way of saving the situation was by commencing to applaud, and I smote my hands together with a will, and laughed as I have rarely allowed myself to laugh in public. —  Mushrooms on the Moor

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