How to Use acclamation in a Sentence

acclamation

noun

• Her performance in the ballet earned her thunderous applause and shouts of acclamation from the audience.
• She has earned worldwide acclamation for her charitable works.
• But 2020, the year when a virus came out of China and shut down the world, gets in by acclamation.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• The problem with Trump’s flattery of Kim is the same as Reagan’s acclamation of Montt: a dictator was praised for no good reason.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
• Her book, according to the New York Times, is meant as an acclamation to Trump by someone who has been a loyal follower.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• If there’s an award for straight-to-the-camera performance, Ms. Moreno’s appearance here should win it by acclamation.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 17 June 2021
• Our board has decided to use the new laws on election by acclamation this year without amending our election rules.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
• But people close to the White House have been surprised at the speed with which the full spectrum of the party has gone from hand-wringing about Mr. Biden to almost unanimous acclamation, at least in public.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Ever modest, Groban insisted that the acclamation isn’t just for him.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
• At a young age, we are inculcated by our elders — those close to us as well as friends who became aunties, uncles and cousins by polite acclamation.
  — Elizabeth Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• The final decision surely won’t be made by acclamation, but, for now, the single-level version is the obvious choice.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 May 2021
• Many HOAs missed the ability to pursue acclamation last year because of that new timing requirement.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• That means that theoretically the HOA could have elections by acclamation three out of four years, but the fourth year must be a regular election with counted ballots.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
• Instead, by acclamation, he just is held culpable for everything on his watch.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 23 July 2019
• So, plan ahead to preserve the potential benefits of election by acclamation.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
• If Mordaunt does not reach 100 nominations, Sunak will win by acclamation.
  — Jill Lawless, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
• For the winner of the election, the moment of victory brings unbridled joy and acclamation, applause, laughter, hugs and champagne to celebrate the biggest prize in politics.
  — Chris Lamb, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020
• Consider using a disposable worship aid or the use of familiar hymns, songs, antiphons, and acclamations.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2020
• Yet his selection as president of the General Assembly was approved by acclamation of the body’s 193 members on Wednesday.
  — Benny Avni, Newsweek, 10 June 2014
• The charm offensive has paid off with a U.S. president eager for acclamation and validation.
  — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019
• The Senate voted by acclamation to elect Hester as Senate president pro tempore.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
• This being the wizarding world, the election involves acclamation not by anything so pedestrian as the popular vote, but by the approval of the qilin, which has the magical ability to sense a man or woman of honor and good character.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
• Membership quorum is also critical because HOAs cannot take advantage of the election by acclamation process unless there has been at least one valid election conducted in the prior three years.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
• His withdrawal paved the way for Pope to win by acclamation after member states decided to forgo what was suddenly a formality: the IOM rules requiring a two-thirds majority to win an election.
  — Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• Wednesday’s internal Democratic caucus votes are being held behind closed doors, and Jeffries and the other top leaders are expected to win by acclamation, without challengers.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
• Democrats want to weaken statutory protections for religious liberty that passed Congress nearly by acclamation in the 1990s.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 Oct. 2020
• Without an opponent — an increasingly common feature of soccer elections — he most likely will be elected through acclamation on Thursday, with members asked to applaud him rather than vote.
  — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• But the spate of acclamation is also part of a concerted campaign by the Chinese government to position Wuhan — and by extension China — as a global emblem of superior governance.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
• Her unilateral order Friday to ban the carrying of firearms in the state’s most populous county was contradicted by acclamation, even before it was legally blocked Wednesday by a federal judge.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2023
• For one thing, his efforts to advance bold objectives through the formal structures of the papacy—on climate change, immigration, or income inequality—have met with something less than acclamation from the Catholic populace.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024