Applauded

Examples

• Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He laughed aloud at trifles, made bad jokes and applauded them himself, and, in short, grew unmeaningly noisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The company made a circle round her and applauded as wildly as if she had been a Noblet or a Taglioni. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Marianne's performance was highly applauded. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Ralph did it justice, remarked some faults, but applauded the beauties. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The word had gone forth that whoever insulted the king should be thrashed, and whoever applauded him should be killed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Also, on the other hand, that it will never cause him to be applauded as a prophet, revered as a priest, or exalted as a king. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The Captains approved, the Lieutenants applauded, the Ensigns admired. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This was the more to be regretted as Miss Fanny greatly applauded the notion of the portrait, and urged her papa to act upon it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They knew these things were achieved through initiative that burst through formal restrictions, and they applauded wildly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Every one shouted and applauded and Finito sunk further back in the chair and then every one was quiet and looking at him and he said, 'No. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typist: Rosanna