The phrase
"audience applause" refers to the sound made by a group of people clapping their hands together to show approval or enjoyment for something, like a performance or speech.
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File Photo - N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his running mate, former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul,
acknowledge audience applause as their party's nominees at the state's Democratic Convention, in Melville, N.Y., Thursday, May 22, 2014.
Franco started by asserting his support for the fight for both reform in workplace culture and greater representation of «women, people of color, people in the LGBT community» in the industry, which earned him some
tentative audience applause.
The mood of the conference's publishing people, in DBW's interpretation, was upbeat with «hearty laughs and
robust audience applause» as attendees «literally» — wrong word, of course — «jammed» hallways to network with each other.
You're not your grades, your 100 meter time, your robotics trophies or
audience applause — you are how you treat other people.