That applause you hear is coming from the executives of the drug companies and the insurance industry.

Of course I am pleased; but the loudest applause is coming from the wrong side.

After a second, their applause came even louder to his ears.

Then came the applause, hands raised above their heads.

After several minutes, the man's voice stopped and loud applause came over the sound system.

But his biggest applause lines came straight from the campaign.

But the biggest applause came for a woman who said: "We've got a problem.

When the last sentence was spoken the applause came like an explosion.

The only real applause came at the end of his half-hour address, with most in the room standing.

It is interesting that applause came at once from the wrong quarter.