How to Use clap in a Sentence

clap

1 of 2 verb

• The audience clapped to the beat of the music.
• She clapped a muzzle on the dog.
• He clapped his hat on his head and went out the door.
• He clapped his friend on the shoulder.
• She clapped in delight when she heard the news.
• The prisoners were clapped in irons.
• He clapped his hand over his mouth when he realized what he had said.
• The conductor clapped her hands twice, and the musicians stopped talking and prepared to play.
• The crowd clapped and craned their necks toward the sky.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• Hold the cup in front of her and quickly clap the cup behind.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
• Her plays waltz, but her books clap you on the shoulder.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2022
• His folks clapped when he was done for the day, and unwrapped his hands.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The staff clapped and cheered as more than 400 shoppers walked in to high fives and fist pumps.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
• The guitarist clapped and danced along while the teenager performed the track.
  — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Step your right foot wide to the right and bring your arms up to clap your hands overhead.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 26 Feb. 2022
• Then as the Suns were pulling away, Ayton was clapping from the bench.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
• Sometimes, the trio clapped along to the deafening beats of pans and drums.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The challenge ahead is whether customers will want to clap along on the one and three or on the two and four.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• Three men clapped and urged others to join, but no one else did.
  — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• And every night the boys would go to the bottom of the stairs where the girls’ dressing room was to clap them down.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• The audience is, of course, allowed to laugh and clap—but that’s it.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 June 2023
• Solange Knowles clapped and smiled for her son during the show's finale.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• When the evacuees drive up, all the volunteers cheer and clap.
  — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
• Throughout the film, there was a certain amount of dancing in the aisles, and clapping at the ends of songs.
  — Jonathan Gould, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
• Dozens of Democrats crowded to the front, clapping and cheering for Schiff and patting him on the back.
  — Time, 22 June 2023
• And the children were laughing and clapping during the film.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Feb. 2023
• People waved flags, crowds chanted and clapped, and cars honked their horns.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
• Charleigh rose and clapped her hands down on her daughter’s shoulders.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
• The people in the plaza alternately booed and clapped, unsure whether to welcome the détente.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
• So much so that some middle school quarterbacks enter high school having learned only to clap when ready for the ball.
  — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026

clap

2 of 2 noun

• The hand claps sound upbeat, the grooves slightly funky and the moves smooth.
  — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• When the verdict was read, a clap rang out in the courtroom.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2022
• Someone in a white coat gives her the shot in her left arm and Tiffany claps.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• Poppa Louis Allen Jr in the background with the smash clap.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2022
• But the Hulk doesn't get all the energy from the super clap.
  — WIRED, 21 Aug. 2022
• Heck, the crowd even came up with a new clap thing to do while players were at the free-throw line!
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
• And then in a deafening clap of silence the train was gone.
  — Hazlitt, 5 Oct. 2022
• The same can be said of the music: Global pop built on strong melodies and hooks, but with hand claps.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• It’s got that glam rock feel, that hand-clap groove, big vocals.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 10 July 2022
• Long enough for the sounds of insects and rattling grass to be joined by a clap of thunder.
  — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2022
• The two snaps and a clap is going to get over in live arena settings.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• Winger grabbed the javelin near the back of the runway, then urged the Hayward crowd into a rhythmic clap.
  — oregonlive, 22 July 2022
• In the crowded lobby bar of the Dolby Theatre, things came to a stop and people did the deaf clap as well.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 28 Mar. 2022
• The song laces a thumping bass line and 808 claps with orchestral loops as SwaVay stomps all over the beat with fiery bars.
  — Cydney Lee, Billboard, 17 July 2023
• Those who gathered at West 13th clap and chant Sibley’s name.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
• The students went through the moves of the dance, including half a K-step, a double clap, a stomp, a scuff, a quarter turn.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• When Styles comes to sit down beside him, Pine stops mid-clap, staring down at his lap with a smirk.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022
• His enormous return in less than a year deserves more than a golf clap.
  — Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The ghost of my man Kafka gave a slow, cynical clap for the absurd, from far down the courthouse halls.
  — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• This achievement garnered cheers and claps from the cast and crew of the show, who then sang happy birthday to a smiling Bill.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• Give them that classic taste of Hollywood with this film clap board.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Sep. 2022
• Coach Dan Mullen’s offense was out of sync most of the night, partly because Jones was using a hand clap to start plays.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2021
• But a clap of thunder interrupts the moment, and Kate scurries to bed.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• At that, Bono and Edge started a steady clap for an acapella performance of the song onstage.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
• This is why a 12-decibel scratch of nails on a chalkboard sounds much louder than a clap of thunder at the same volume.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2021
• Slowik introduces each with a loud clap of his hands, bringing the kitchen to attention.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2022
• Rather than trying to hear a quarterback’s call for the ball, the bang of a clap allowed offensive linemen to stay on the same page more easily.
  — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Victory in process, a W in the competence column, three cheers and an 8-clap for hope.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
• What does the finger clap mean?
  — Quispe López, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
• Stewart said to massive claps from the audience.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025