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Examples
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The small group of protesters responded with "vivas" before police asked him to keep quiet.
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The bestowing of the award was greeted by repeated "vivas" from the 800 guests.
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The bestowing of the award was greeted by repeated "vivas" from the 800 guests.
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We are certain that this meeting with the Soviet people will strengthen our friendship in an extraordinary way, just as we shall always carry with us the memory of the millions of hand which reached out to greet the Cuban delegation and the happy smiles and "vivas" for our land which we saw and heard everywhere.
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The order was given to clear the streets with grape shot, but the artillerymen stood amazed at the sight of the approaching carriage, in which Garibaldi stood erect, with his hand on his breast, giving orders to the coachmen to drive slower and slower, in a voice that was heard above all the din of the "vivas" of the populace.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux
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We had travelled up to London, intending to work in the British Museum for our "vivas" at Oxford, but in the morning it had been so hot that we had strolled round Bloomsbury, smoking our pipes.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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At the end of the Premier's speech there were deafening "vivas" for the King, war, and Italy.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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I had interfered to prevent the taking out of the horses, and had seen the carriage start for home amid a roar of "vivas" and "bravas" and "hurrahs."
In Direst Peril David Christie Murray
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This unlooked-for episode being over, and the deputation of ladies having been dismissed with roaring "vivas," we went back to business.
In Direst Peril David Christie Murray
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These people are all smiles and 'vivas' to-day because we are on top.
Captain Macklin Richard Harding Davis 1890
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