Clapping

Examples

• Well hit, by Jove, says little Osborne, with the air of a connoisseur, clapping his man on the back. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Because, returned the sergeant, clapping him on the shoulder, you're a man that knows what's what. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I shall expect you, Wegg,' said Mr Boffin, clapping him on the shoulder with the greatest enthusiasm, 'most joyfully. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And that,' said Little Dorrit, clapping the two great hands together again, 'is Maggy's history, as Maggy knows! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Quite perfect,' rejoined Fagin, clapping him on the shoulder. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• We say to the man who is tired of life that if he bungles we propose to make this world still less attractive by clapping him into jail. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Tell you what, said he, suddenly clapping his hand on Mr. Shelby's shoulder, fling in that chap, and I'll settle the business--I will. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yet now she heard it, heard the strange clapping vibration of truth in his voice as he said it, she could not believe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It's splendid, Dick, answered Justinian, clapping him on the shoulder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And oh, miss, says Charley, clapping her hands, with the tears starting down her dimpled cheeks, Tom's at school, if you please, and learning so good! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Quebec and Malta here exclaim, with clapping of hands, that Bluffy is sure to bring mother something, and begin to speculate on what it will be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There, at the opposite side of the table, stood Mr. Godfrey, clapping his hands like a large child, and singing out softly, Exquisite! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I knew Teddy would do it, cried Jo clapping her hands. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Donc (clapping his hands), donc, vous devez conna?tre mon noble élève, mon Paul? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Typist: Miranda