How to Use applaud in a Sentence

applaud

verb

• I applaud their efforts to clean up the city, but they must do more.
• We applaud the decision to lower taxes.
• Rather than being criticized for her honesty, she should be applauded for it.
• The audience stood and applauded her performance.
• Everyone applauded the graduates as they entered the auditorium.
• The Free Jacks head over to the stands and applaud their fans.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
• The boy gave him a quick kiss on the lips as the crowd laughed and applauded.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2023
• In the crowd, his teen-age son, Gus, applauded and cried.
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
• The crowd applauded, Ian Happ stepped into the box against Webb, and the game went on.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2024
• These are the types of announcements that are easy to stand and applaud.
  — Derek Newton, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Most of the time, people will respect it and applaud you.
  — Darrah Brustein, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• Sometimes, the fans stood and applauded as the pitcher walked off the field.
  — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• There hasn’t been much to applaud in the first four months of the Biden presidency.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 24 May 2021
• All came to applaud his work with spray paint, something that once led him to jail.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2020
• Biden did make the remark in 2016 as part of a call to applaud a fellow soldier.
  — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
• In Houston, nobody seems to applaud unless the hands on the scoreboard start to clap.
  — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• The sellout crowd began to applaud as soon as the first image of Cassidy popped on the board.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• Some applaud the changes, and are ready to return to some normalcy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• Many of the comments applaud the company for taking the stand.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2022
• The songs took the world by storm with her fans applauding her move to country music.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
• No one opens their window each night to applaud the size of a hospital bill.
  — Vivian S. Lee, STAT, 12 June 2020
• Link wraps the last bit of bandage around the mummy known as Sam, and everyone in the OR applauds a job well done.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 5 May 2023
• And the worst part is most people around me were applauding his garbage sermon.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
• The crowd applauded the moment Kevin de León walked up.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• The crowd applauded and whistled; Utkin tipped his cap.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Home players stayed on the pitch a long while afterwards to applaud all four corners of the ground.
  — Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
• The students listen to him and applaud; they are used to men who speak in such ways with guns slung over their shoulders.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The lil dude even did a touchdown dance in his wheelchair that had the guys applauding and cracking up.
  — The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• Hundreds of social media users have commented on TikTok to applaud Wheels and praise Santos for giving him a second chance at life.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
• Following every match, regardless of the scoreline, Howe encourages players and staff alike to acknowledge and applaud supporters.
  — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025