Sentence examples similar to thunder was clapping from inspiring English sources

"Everybody was clapping".

"Everybody is clapping, clapping!" Joel reported, dazed.

People are clapping.

Everyone is clapping.

There is clapping.

They were clapping, but the clapping wasn't applause.

They were clapping the fact that they were clapping, because they knew what the clapping meant.

People are clapping, some enthusiastically.

Nobody is clapping.

The kids are clapping.

I'm clapping too.