Sentence examples for first applaud from inspiring English sources

When Ruth gathers the family to ask permission to dramatize the shrine's history, they at first applaud, then are alarmed when she adds, "I mean the true story".

The UK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy was among the first applaud the appointment, saying: "I am filled with professional, poetic and personal joy to hear today that Liz Lochhead is Scotland's new makar.

Bonds was first applauded when the lineups were announced, then again when Wayne Gretzky and Bill Russell presented Bonds with his sixth Most Valuable Player award.

Secularists and even liberals at first applauded his hounding of the Ennahda party, a mild Islamist movement, linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, that had flowered in the chaotic waning years of Mr Bourguiba's rule.

China Daily, a state-run English-language newspaper, at first applauded his Everyman image, suggesting, "Perhaps it is time for Chinese dignitaries to follow the example of humble Locke".

Meanwhile, though the critics first applauded the company's repertory once it expanded beyond just Mr. Wiggers's work, the persistence of Wiggers ballets became a sticking point, and the tide turned.

Inviting some of the biggest Rap artist to a conference in New York he first applauded their energy and brilliance, before telling them they had a responsibility to positively raise the water level for black people with their music.

Fifth, applaud unconventional genius.

I am the first to applaud and clap my hands. . . .

"When this goal is achieved, I will be the first to applaud," he said during a visit to Prague.

Of course, conductors can to some extent control audience reaction at the end of a piece, and keep at bay the audience member desperate to make their mark by being the first to applaud.