Jamie bowed gracefully to the latest toaster, and sat down amid the increasingly sporadic applause.

There was sporadic applause and the handlers moved in, hustling the Dervish down to the locker rooms and hauling away both pieces of the Cyclone.

"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah," he continued to sporadic applause.

There was a bit more applause, nervous and sporadic.

The moment I hit the last chord, I got to my feet and bowed from the waist to the thin, sporadic applause.

There was some sporadic applause, some weeping.

As Korda recounts, when he and several friends entered Budapest in their VW with a British flag draped on the roof, "Our Union Jack produced sporadic applause from people on the street, who clearly supposed we were the forerunners of a vast Anglo-American force."

They received sporadic applause, though less than the crescendo response as in the movie.

Laughter erupted across the gym, along with sporadic applause.

Although sporadic applause marked the speech and Mr. Jackson received a standing ovation when he finished, the luncheon crowd of 1,200 business leaders, lawyers and executives greeted the candidate's message somewhat coolly.