Sentence examples for could applaud from inspiring English sources

I wish there were someone I could applaud for.

"I wish I was up in the stands so I could applaud more".

Plain-speaking types might decry these Blair-Clinton tactics as dishonest; realists could applaud them as astute.

He could applaud the healthy state of the society's finances – a net income of £94m, and expenditure of £83m.

One could applaud his critical sense, since his singers were not especially good, but a little animation from the pit might have done something to help them.

And Labour MP Wes Streeting said he "could applaud Cameron's speech if only it were backed up by real action", saying  the "phoney" living wage and tax credit cuts means his rhetoric "rings hollow".

I've worked with Marks & Spencer on its Plan A … All of these companies you could probably critique, but you could also applaud for the attempt, for the effort, they put in to trying to do business better.

Those still on the Real Madrid bench, and those resting at home, could only applaud.

Few advocacy groups on the left found issues they could not applaud.

"I don't dislike Hatch, but I kind of wish he'd go away gracefully and we could all applaud".

And however dopey the show is in actuality — and it is awfully, awfully dopey — who could not applaud its instincts?