Sentence examples for vigorous clapping from inspiring English sources

When the crowd failed to respond with sufficiently vigorous clapping, Spalding mock-admonished them, "That's not nearly enough applause for Wayne Shorter!" For one of her two encores, she strapped on her electric bass and played "I Can't Help It," the Stevie Wonder song made famous by Michael Jackson on his 1979 album "Off the Wall".

Interestingly, her comments were met with two kinds of applause – vigorous clapping, presumably from Corbyn enthusiasts, but a steady politer form which, I suspect, came from those who disagree with his policies but disagree rather more with the behaviour of his opponents.

He asks them to give short, vigorous claps instead.

Downstairs, the performers were gathered, doing vigorous rhythmic clapping.

The piece's title, which is short for jubilation, comes from a dance of West African origin, featuring hand clapping, vigorous foot stomping and thigh-slapping.

But economically, it depends more and more on foreigners, who come to Spain both to learn the vigorous stamping and clapping of the dance and to recruit Spaniards to teach and perform abroad.

Mr. Ratmansky is a fountain of movement ideas, with sweeping stiff arms and vigorous floor-stamping and clapping and every sort of catlike pose, from freshly funny to deeply tragic.

All three shows played to packed houses and elicited vigorous ovations, complete with rhythmic clapping.

TUCSON — The class began with a Mayan-inspired chant and a vigorous round of coordinated hand clapping.

They sang and clapped while a young man supplied vigorous accompaniment on a hand drum.

MOSCOW — The president of Uzbekistan, a white-haired man in a suit, rose from his seat at an annual spring festival and swung his hips, clapped his hands and danced a vigorous little jig.