She clapped her hands, and joined in the laugh, looking thoroughly tickled at the joke.
He clapped his hat on his head and banged out the front door.
The remainder of the doggerel was largely drowned in the scuffle that ensued, but Katy managed to get "Johnny Carter" out in a shrill treble that carried far, in spite of the hands clapped over her mouth.
Shut up," Sherm's hand was clapped firmly over her mouth.
But, to the astonishment of all, the old man suddenly sprang up, clapped his hand to his side, and whirled out his claymore from its sheath.
And she threw back her head, and clapped her hands and laughed with the most contagious little ripple you ever heard.
Jane and I joined in the laugh, and when Mary clapped her hands that set Brandon off, too, for he thought it the quaintest, prettiest little gesture in the world, and was all unconscious that our laugh was at his expense.
He looked down as he spoke, and catching sight of his rusty clothes and broken shoes, clapped his hand to his pocket; and with a glance at his host, sallied out to renew his wardrobe.
Then he clapped on his hat and set off to Halibut's to know the worst.
Everybody clapped their hands and stomped on the floor like a perfect storm, whilst the king held up his head and smiled proud.
And so one after the other they all skipped off into the ring, and made the sweetest bow I ever see, and then scampered out, and everybody clapped their hands and went just about wild.
The King looked at us both and nodded; thenclapped me on the knee.
But Courtney clapped his hand over her mouth and silenced her.
Hundreds of hands clappedin there; voices shrieked, and then all at once would sink low, chanting in unison the refrain of a love song, with a dying fall.
His fine eyes squinted slightly; he clapped his hands; a bare-footed orderly appeared noiselessly, a corporal, with his bayonet hanging on his thigh and a stick in his hand.
Twere best not to describe the rest of the awful scene in which a woman safe behind bars clapped her hands over the pain she had caused.
Then she ran quickly down the flight of marble steps, and clapped her hands.
Then, just as far down in the east the sky lightened, she sat suddenly upright and clapped her jewelled hands.
She laughed aloud and clapped her hands, standing just out of reach of the paw which tried to reach her.
One of the gentlemen asked whether the horse could leap over the haha: to which Clifton made no answer, but immediately clapped spurs to his hunter, and over he flew.
Her fear gave her strength; she threw Laura away, and clapped to the door.
Walking behind the counter he clapped both hands down on Brotherton's big shoulders.
Then the Italian sang something, Casper Herdicker sang the "Marseillaise" and the men clapped their hands, in the twilight of the last flickering lamp that they had.
She jumped up and clapped her hands in glee, then she seized the jug and ran away.
He clapped Jilin on the shoulder and began to jabber something in his own language, blinking his eyes and clacking his tongue.
His melancholy thoughts were rocked by the sea breeze when some oneclapped him on the shoulder.
Madame Coloni clapped her hands and reminded Jacob of his promise to relate a history.
As there still remained a little space till dusk, he clapped his tackle to his new learned Opus, of which I must now afford a little glimpse.
At these words of the woman the knight clapped spurs to his horse, and would have ridden from her, for he loved not to be reviled, and so he told her.
A corner of the book had gone into the master's eye; he clapped his hand to it, and for a moment seemed lost in suffering.
As they watched the carriage and the scampering steeds, the children shouted and clapped their hands.
Napoleon, watching them, laughed heartily and clapped his hands as the two raced around the grounds.
They rolled their r's and smote their chests and spoke in a vibrating contralto, while at the proper places the audience groaned and clapped and hissed and at the end fairly thundered its applause.
They sang so well and so loud and strong, shouting out the words so plainly and keeping such splendid time, that as the verse and chorus died away audience and sophomores alike clapped them vigorously, much to their delight and pride.
They sang sweet songs and funny songs, and the audience sitting on the campus clapped and clapped again.
The freshmen howled and kicked against the gallery, and as the freshman Home woke out of an apparent lethargy and put the ball in neatly Theodora clapped and cheered with the rest.
They clappedand sang to her: Oh, here's to Theodora, And we're very glad we sor her!
She was so busy that she did not hear my footsteps, till I stole behind her and clapped both my hands over her eyes.
I know not what he does for him, but if he is turned out of that service he will infallibly be clappedinto a debtor's prison.
Cleopatra seated him beside her upon a throne with golden griffins on either side, and clapped her little hands together.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clapped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
