Sentence examples for ovation began from inspiring English sources

The little pause before the ovation began was the deepest silence of all.

The standing ovation began before the final blackout was over, well before the curtain call started.

At Carnegie, there was a profound silence, and then the ovation began.

The roar of the ovation began, but only after a few seconds of silent, grief-stricken shock.

There was absolute stillness after the Mahler performance, and then the ovation began: wave upon wave of "bravos" and applause.

The standing ovation began with nearly two minutes remaining and did not die down until long after Scott Stevens, the Devils' captain, had led his teammates through the ceremonial handshake line.

The standing ovation begins with the children themselves and quickly infects their parents.

Just remember the one prime law of Clap Between Movements: Every standing ovation begins with just one single clap.

The applause, complete with foot-stamping, was tumultuous, and a nightful of standing ovations began early, a Bach partita and two Chopin numbers into the program.

"I'm here today because I am gay," she revealed, halfway through an eight-minute talk, to a standing ovation that began before she had even finished.

Nevertheless, it was the cardinal's untiring efforts to outlaw abortion that perhaps drew the greatest attention to him, and that yesterday sparked an unscripted show of devotion: a sustained, standing ovation, which began when one of the Sisters of Life rose to her feet.