Sentence examples for avoided applauding from inspiring English sources

During the ovation that followed, the musicians studiously avoided applauding or tapping their bows on the music stands, typically the way to acknowledge a conductor they respect.

It's always baffled me, the idea that somebody applying powder on the train has the potential to upset – I often have to clench my fists to avoid applauding the marvellous contouring work I see underground at 9am – and I still don't quite believe it.

Though the opposition party traditionally avoids applauding during the State of the Union, Trump was fixated on the Democrats' silence.

Portsmouth manager Alain Perrin was fortunate to avoid punishment after applauding the officials' performance at Bolton recently, though Real Betis's Ricardo Oliveira wasn't so lucky.

We think this should be avoided wherever possible and applaud the decision to move towards challenges, such as this DREAM3 signal transduction challenge, in which data are predicted.

But defenders of the judge have come forward in recent days and argued that it's critical for judges to have discretion and that he should be applauded for avoiding overly harsh sentences.

Dosanjh's actions were variously criticized for not informing his party caucus and not going public sooner, and applauded for avoiding perceptions of conflict of interest despite his power to intervene.

The audience applauded his defiance, and kept applauding as he paid tribute to the virtues of hard work, adroitly avoiding any direct engagement with the topic of race.

While applauding the new European Union initiative, he said, "I also highlight that we need to avoid duplication" between the Europeans and NATO.

Only superlatives applauding it?

Cabinet members were applauding.