standing ovation

noun

: an occurrence in which the people at a play, speech, sporting event, etc., stand up and applaud to show enthusiastic approval or appreciation

The crowd gave her a standing ovation.

Examples of standing ovation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the ceremony for her career honor, Burstyn got emotional and broke down in tears as the audience greeted her with a standing ovation. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

The designer emerged to a standing ovation in a New York letterman jacket, the cherry on top of a summer in the city teeming full of optimism and possibility. — Anika Reed, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

As the lights came up after the doc’s two-hour runtime, the audience cheered and erupted with a lengthy 8 minute standing ovation. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Rutschman came to the plate in the first inning to a rousing standing ovation from the Orioles crowd. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for standing ovation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration