The phrase "applauded him on" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used to express praise or approval for someone's actions or achievements, but the correct preposition should be "for" instead of "on."
Example: "The audience applauded him for his outstanding performance."
Alternatives: "praised him for" or "commended him for".
Before he left, his friends and relatives applauded him on Facebook: "A super Mr. Journalist," they called him.
He said goodbye before last weekend's match against Levante, Villarreal's 18th unbeaten, and supporters applauded him on to the field, chanting his name as he joined his now former team-mates lining up before the cameras.
But his supporters applauded him for taking on previously untouchable establishment figures, who saw themselves as guardians of the state created by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
If he does the job today, you can bet I'll be among the hundred thousand strong at Belmont applauding him on his way back to the winner's circle.
At Thursday's sold-out "Thanks, Obama" event, whose name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a popular meme about the president, hundreds of supporters and well-wishers gathered near downtown Washington to applaud him on his final day in office.
I would applaud him on being South Africa's president and I would like to discuss social issues concerning the youth of South Africa.
Grassley faced a friendly crowd on Monday in Rock Rapids, Iowa, where attendees applauded him for his stance on Obama's nominee.
Republican lawmakers criticized the president for not working with Congress on a law that would govern the prosecution and detention of terrorism suspects, even as they applauded him for rescinding his ban on military commissions.
Pence didn't hold back in lavishing praise on POTUS, applauding him for unleashing American energy and spurring a record-setting optimism.
It was a far from dazzling display, so the fans in the Stretford End who applauded him off at the break were probably expecting to get the chance to applaud him back on again at the start of the second half.
I have seen orchestras applaud him as he came on for the first rehearsal of a concert.
