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

The session ended with a standing ovation for the film and Slick Rick proudly at the center of it all. —Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025

Affleck serves as an executive producer on the upcoming musical drama, which earned Lopez a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. —Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025

After the screening, video circulated online of the True Blood alum, wearing a white Magliano T-shirt with an image of a boot hovering over a man's outstretched tongue, hugging Pascal and kissing him on the cheek while the cast received a standing ovation at the screening. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025

Sarah Paulson, Yara Shahidi, Sarah Snook and Pedro Almodóvar were also among the guests that gave the designers a standing ovation at the end of the show. —Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for standing ovation

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