Sentence examples for sustained cheer from inspiring English sources

The hall was filled with a long and sustained cheer.

That was a fairly controversial thing to do even back then, but distaste for the tactics was matched by widespread mocking - including a newspaper diary column starting a sustained "Cheer up Dobbo" campaign of smutty jokes to lighten his mood.

Slowly, and with horror, I became aware that Corvelle was leading the crowd in a long, sustained cheer of moral support: "You can do it!

After a sustained cheer, Bragg broke into Sexuality, his 1991 single about sexual freedom.

In one motion, he gathered the ball and fired across the infield, an exceptionally strong throw that did not catch the speedy Desi Relaford but earned a sustained cheer from the crowd.

After 12 innings of play — and 4 hours 36 minutes of sustained cheering — the score was still tied, 6-6.

To sustained cheering from graduates, guests and family, Mrs. Gathers embraced the university's president, the Rev. James N. Loughran, who is a defendant in the lawsuit.

Shirley Horton, a petite black woman and a Durham native, was chatting with a friend who had been waiting since 5am more than nine hours before Mrs Obama would take the stage to deafening, sustained cheers and thunderous applause.

In the most emotional moment of the night, drawing sustained cheers, he said victims of gun violence deserve a vote on each of his gun control proposals, from background checks to a ban on assault weapons.

On Trident the divide was starker, with Corbyn's mention of his longstanding opposition to the programme meeting such sustained cheering that the moderator had to start the question again.

Violin, standup bass, keyboards, mandolin, guitar, a stage, and an audience full of vocalists, singing: What I used to be Will pass away And then you'll see That all I want now Is happiness for you and me There was sustained cheering, and then the lights came on.