Sentences with phrase «applause died down»

As the initial waves of outrage, disbelief and even — from some corners — applause died down over Amy Chua's memoir «Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,» people began to wonder what her husband thought of her strict and unbending parenting style.

After the applause died down most people stood to leave even though another speaker — one I was really looking forward to — was due to start in minutes.

Before the applause dies down, long before you readers take your seats, I nominate this sublime profundity as what it is: simply put, the trenchant post of the century.