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Example sentences for: applaud

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Most critics applaud Hughes for breaking his 35-year silence about his marriage and admitting his insensitivity and infidelity, which some claim drove Plath over the brink.
Such hypothesized contamination is a legitimate concern and quite plausibly a sufficient reason to applaud Monsanto's decision.
I felt definitely “out” when I first heard a British audience applaud with chuckling appreciation at the mention of the name Val Doonican . For all I knew, the man who said it had made up the name and the audience was laughing because the name was funny, as they might well do when hearing a name like Kylie Minogue . It took me a while to understand that Kylie Minogue is the name of a real person.
Critics applaud Finnegan for his in-depth reporting and sympathetic portrayal of the lives of a gang banger, a crack dealer, and a skinhead.
They applaud his stewardship of Tennessee and his devotion to education.