Nolan was as high as Fiona, Lewis a grudging applauder. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
However, Stillings, who has an accent common to the northeastern United States, told audience members that Faryad Hussain, the instigator of a 2002 marriage fraud operation in Fond du Lac, was "an applauder" of 9/11, not "a plotter," according to the ICE statement. From Wordnik.com. [Another Wisconsin Appearance on the Grapevine.] Reference
But still I wanted, and waited for, with humble patience, and made it part of my constant prayers, that the divine Grace would at last touch his heart, and make him more than a countenancer, more than an applauder of my duties; that he might for his own dear sake, become a partaker in them. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
As a future intended parent by surrogacy, I'm a supporter/applauder of various assisted/third party reproduction techniques and sperm/egg donation. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
How are the morals of the people to resist a doctrine which teaches them that the rich only can be criminal, and that poverty is a substitute for virtue -- that wealth is holden by the sufferance of those who do not possess it -- and that he who is the frequenter of a club, or the applauder of a party, is exempt from the duties of his station, and has a right to insult and oppress his fellow citizens?. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
If any man court success in the lofty art of letters and apply his mind to great things, he must first perfect his character by simplicity's stern law; he must care naught for the haughty frown of the fierce tyrant that lords it in his palace, nor seek client-like for invitations to the board of the profligate, nor deliver himself over to the company of debauchees and drown the fire of his understanding in wine, nor sit in the theatre the hired applauder of the mouthing actor. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
How are the morals of the people to resist a doctrine which teaches them that the rich only can be criminal, and that poverty is a substitute for virtue ” that wealth is holden by the sufferance of those who do not possess it ” and that he who is the frequenter of a club, or the applauder of a party, is exempt from the duties of his station, and has a right to insult and oppress his fellow citizens?. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795]
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