Sentence examples for gentle applause from inspiring English sources

After the game, the winner hears a wave of gentle applause; the loser hears taps.

The opening of Yoko Ono's first solo exhibition in Beijing began with 90 seconds of screeching, followed by the bemused, gentle applause of her audience.

He pulled up to the curb in a red boxlike van that resembled an oven, to gentle applause from the customers.

A ripple of expectation ran through the crowd every time the pair stepped up to the top platform, with cheers and shrieks when most other teams received only gentle applause.

Every Saturday night, Dervishes in white gowns and cone-shaped hats perform at Konya's Mevlana Cultural Center to gentle applause from tourists and respectful silence from Sufis, who consider the twirling salutation to be an act of mysticism, a way to touch the divine presence in this life.

Well, maybe you were, Julianne, but the vast majority of those around you weren't, including those you beat in your own category, such as Felicity Jones and Rosamund Pike, both doing their best "aww bless, I'm so happy YOU WON AND I DIDN'T" clenched smiles and gentle applause.

Robson looked distraught as she walked off to gentle, supportive applause, and appeared genuinely drained afterwards.

[Muted applause, gentle swish, clack, ball bounces on fairway, pins dropping] IVOR ROBSON: On the tee from the USA, Phil Mickelson.

I somehow regained my seated position on the board and immediately submitted again to gravity, zooming down, down, down, until I slid to a gentle stop amid applause from fellow boarders.

Think what, in Britain, would be called university sport, and what comes to mind is a few hundred spectators scattered round a muddy soccer field, or a gentle ripple of applause from the deckchairs when some Oxford chap makes a nice cover drive.

James Evans has gone beyond mere one-two-three-four: "How about ein, zwei, drei, vier?" Facebook Twitter Pinterest 2.29pm BST 35th over: England 151-4 (Root 22, Ali 20) Root gets three with a back-foot tip-toed push down the ground, leaving Ali to score the single that brings up 150 for England and prompts a gentle smattering of applause from the fine denizens of Lord's.