applaud

Object

• sentiment: I applaud the sentiment; but it just ain't true.
• effort: Once again I must applaud the efforts of all the officers who help run the County affairs with the minimum of fuss.
• notion: Mrs. Howells applauded the notion of the club from the very first.
• intention: We applaud the intention to carry out pilot studies to evaluate such arrangements in the NHS setting.
• crowd: The band is blatantly touched by the whole experience and graciously applaud the crowd back for their efforts.
• decision: A-levels made meaningful, the quest for excellence.â FT The FT reports that the CBI applauded the decision not to replace A-levels.

Preposition: at

end: Everyone enjoyed the screening and applauded happily at the end.

Modifying Another Word

• warmly: The lucky person was Jack Burgess who also was warmly applauded by the audience.
• heartily: The firemen were heartily applauded on their smart performance.
• wildly: The studio audience has risen to its feet, and they are applauding wildly.
• politely: So, impressed at this ability to become emulsion, I stepped forward to applaud politely.

Followed by an intransitive particle

off: The players tried and nearly did what was asked, they got applauded off.

Used with why or when

• when: Everyone in the studio just stood and applauded when he walked in looked amazing.
• what: I applaud what Man City are doing, but frankly no ' investigation ' is needed.

Preposition: by

• audience: The lucky person was Jack Burgess who also was warmly applauded by the audience.
• delegate: There were attacks on the rich which were loudly applauded by the delegates.
• critic: The 1926 production of A Kiss for Cinderella was even more warmly applauded by the critics.
• crowd: Saxon's selector linked the records with heartfelt and resounding condemnations of guns and violence, all loudly applauded by the crowd.