Sentence examples for polite clapping from inspiring English sources

Lots of polite clapping and a glass of Australian Chardonnay in the interval.

Except for routine polite clapping at the conclusion, it was the only applause the speech garnered.

The audience, mostly confined to polite clapping earlier in the evening, rewarded Ms. Mattila's post-intermission commitment with appreciative applause.

Occasionally, a roar from Arthur Ashe Stadium or the grandstands could be heard over their polite clapping.

Still, there was something pathetic about watching Moyá pack his bags with just a few spectators left to provide some polite clapping.

At the first performance last month at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a few patrons covered their ears and some walked out; Los Angeles Weekly reported "some booing, polite clapping and nervous eye-rolling".

Yell! Roar! 15-0 with an unreturnable... Polite clap as Nalbandian drives the ball down court to level... and it starts to rain.

As the evening's performers cycled through, patrons continued on with their conversations and coffee orders, paying just enough attention to give a polite clap at the end of each act.

At the union convention yesterday in Chicago -- where the undecided audience offered mainly polite claps for the zingers that had delighted the devoted -- he tried one of his newer lines: "When white people and brown people and black people vote together, that's when we make social progress in this country".

Polite golf claps all around.

In the past, the ever-polite students would clap in appreciation before leaving.