After their talk, they received two bursts of sustained applause.

Unable to contain its excitement, the audience burst into sustained applause at the end of the movement.

Hillary Clinton, who was at the rally as well, received the longest and most sustained applause of the event.

In the end, she won strong and sustained applause.

"We are not done yet," he declared, drawing sustained applause from a relatively small crowd.

"That would be a terrible mistake," he said, drawing sustained applause.

It was his views on immigration that brought the diners to their feet with sustained applause.

The audience erupted into sustained applause, with many women pounding their fists on the table.

Father Aristide's remarks drew sustained applause at several points in his address.

The declaration gave the dinner audience of 240 luminaries a starting point for sustained applause.