Sentence examples for polite ovation from inspiring English sources

He waved to the fans twice as the polite ovation continued for half a minute.

With the chance for a no-hitter eliminated, the fans gave Reed a polite ovation.

Rodriguez had been greeted with a polite ovation as he walked to home plate for his first at-bat in the game.

Trachsel exited to a polite ovation from the crowd of 47,181 and Riggan, going on four hours' sleep before taking a 5 a.m. taxi to the airport in Indianapolis when he was recalled from the minors, saw his fourth pitch sail into the left-field bleachers for a three-run home run.

But modern listeners, given to polite ovations, are tame compared with their vociferous early 20th-century predecessors, who booed and hissed during the premiere of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring".

Biden gamely offers the president's remarks broad smiles and enthusiastic applause; Boeher responds with polite ovations.

She received a polite standing ovation and left the stage.

10.26pm: As befits a rather calm night, the band receive a polite standing ovation.

At the festival, the movie provoked a polite standing ovation from the opening-night crowd, succeeded, in the next few days, by an extraordinary round of flagellation from the critics.

By the time Rogers arrived at midfield to be subbed in, he received a polite and encouraging ovation.

But a hint at her potential helpfulness came minutes later, when scores of women in the crowd stood as she stepped forward, turning the polite applause into an ovation.