He applauded Segrais, whose works nobody reads; he abused Quinault, whose poetical pieces every one has got by heart; and is wholly silent upon La Fontaine.
Boileau applauded him, but it was in his first satires, at a time when the taste of that great poet was not yet formed.
The modish young men who applauded "Miss Elsie of Chelsea" sat in the stalls where their fathers and in some cases their grandfathers had applauded "Hamlet Up to Date.
Bligh sang German songs, and was so much applauded that he condescendingly proposed that his pupil should sing, who refused so angrily that none of the undergraduates dared approach her.
The terms were regulated in a private interview; and with such speed and secrecy was the business transacted, that the unanimous conclave applauded the elevation of Clement the Fifth.
Omnipotence itself cannot escape the murmurs of its discordant votaries; since the same dispensation which was applauded as a deliverance in Europe, was deplored, and perhaps arraigned, as a calamity in Asia.
His moderation was applauded by the Greeks as an act of rare and inimitable virtue.
The most learned Italians of the fifteenth century have confessed and applauded the restoration of Greek literature, after a long oblivion of many hundred years.
By the guilty and licentious he was accused as cruel; by the clergy he was suspected as partial; but the friends of peace and order applauded the firm and upright magistrate by whom those blessings were restored.
Though he had applauded vigorously, there had been no trace of emotional transport in his demeanour.
And so the poor youth cried aloud with all the rapture of an applauded author, "At last I am beloved!
My opinion was applauded both by the Frondeurs and the Prince's party, and carried almost 'nemine contradicente'.
Nevertheless the latter vigorously maintained his argument, and was unanimously seconded by all the deputies, for which they were next day applauded in Parliament.
His audience, who were all in armor, listened to him with passionate and earnest attention; at times they applauded his words, at others their shouts of menace and defiance proved that he had succeeded in arousing their resentment.
The crowd laughed and applauded the jester's activity, and Rechberg allowed him to retain his seat, for he saw nothing impertinent in the proceeding of the fool, whose loyalty he esteemed, and whose jests would serve to amuse him.
Her mother constantly praised her cleverness, and unwise friends applauded her efforts, until Floretta acquired the idea that she must, on all occasions, mimic some one.
She danced most artistically, and her rendering of the two dances was so perfect that the audience applauded again and again, though in response, she just made some curtain bows and retired.
The people applauded you so very much I thought they would never stop.
The victorious young general was greatlyapplauded by the people, for refusing the glory of a new campaign, in which they doubted not that he would have obtained fresh laurels, that he might secure peace for bleeding Europe.
This allusion to the years of the old man was loudly applauded by his colleagues, who drew nigh to stare at the cause of it.
Thus after one scene in the Reichstag when the Crown Prince applauded those in favour of aggression it was reported that he was banished to Dantzig.
In the Reichstag debate yesterday, Stresemann, applauded by all except Socialists, said that Germany threw away Wilson as a peace-maker.
From his seat in the Royal Box in the Reichstag, he has applauded violently and ostentatiously utterances looking toward war: he had made himself the head of the war party, and the Militarists look to him as their chief.
All applauded except the Socialists--so I think the President had better say nothing more about peace for the present.
Amy applauded with glee and thumped Clint on the shoulder.
After this sight was over, alone with her familiars, she applauded herself for the firmness she had displayed, asked them if she had not spoken well, and if she was not dying with greatness and courage.
He never in his life pardoned the Cardinal, who was nevertheless universallyapplauded for his refusal.
It seemed unable quite fully to express its pleasure," said the Evening Star, "and applaudedagain and again, as Miss Barton bowed and Miss Anthony looked smilingly and benignly out over the enthusiastic crowds.
If Mr. Douglass had noticed who applauded when he said black men first and white women afterwards, he would have seen that it was only the men.
He was thoroughly representative of the opposition, and the officers and members of the women's Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage who were present applauded his remarks from beginning to end.
Amparito applauded her husband's decision, and Cæsar made melancholy plans for the future, founded on the renunciation of all struggle.
The audience applauded everything "Limpy" said, and when he finished they hailed him with shouts and cheers.
When he ended his speech, all the audience applauded violently.
How few of this facetious and comick Species of Men, caress'd and applauded for their shining Parts and witty Discourses, escape the Snares that encompass them, and preserve their Vertue and Sobriety of Manners?
His Royal Highness had loudly applauded the notion, and declared that he would give himself the pleasure of calling on the two ladies in the course of the afternoon.
Hitherto," said he, "thou hast labored in silence for thyself, applauded only by a small circle of friends.
They were men who had applauded his performance on the stage: they expressed their joy at meeting him; lamenting that, as they had heard, he meant to leave the theatre.
This delineation was received with warm approval; the company imagined they foresaw that Hamlet's manner of proceeding might now be very satisfactorily explained; they applauded this method of penetrating into the spirit of a writer.
From that period, play as he might, the count applauded him with greater zeal than ever; so that the poor wight grew at last inflated till he nearly lost his senses, and began to meditate having a chamber in the castle, like Philina.
And men are applauded because they can knock that ball a little straighter and a little farther than someone else.
Drona and Bhishma, and Karna, and the mighty warrior Kripa, all applauded that feat of his greatly.
And Maghavat, together with those Gandharvas and Apsaras that have come there, applauded the fleetness of Partha's hand.
As regards myself, I cannot return to the city without having rescued the kine, applauded as I have been so highly by the Sairindhri in respect of my skill in driving cars.
And beholding that shower resembling a flight of locusts, the spectators wondering applauded him exclaiming, 'Excellent!
And beholding that extraordinary feat of his, the celestials applauded him highly.
And beholding the light-handedness of Partha they all applauded it mentally.
Then the courtiers, having learnt every thing, applauded Krishna, and they all exclaimed, 'Well done!
European democracy is present in spirit at his funeral, as it voted in its heart for his re-election, and applauded the victory in the midst of which he passed away.
Lovers of fair play were disgusted, and those of Douglas's own party who would have applauded a trick too clever to be discovered could not forgive him for one which had been found out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "applauded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
