Sentence examples for first applauded from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

The renewed freedom of Mali today must, first, be applauded thanks to the extraordinary selflessness of Malians and, second, to the support of sister and friendly states.

It all came down to: The other giants of physics in the first half of the twentieth century applauded.

As the pair reached the steps to the Oval pavilion, Vaughan let his junior partner walk off first, and applauded.

Mike Cofrin, who founded RollerDome 20 years ago with his wife, Therese, said skaters who lined up the first day applauded when the gates opened.