How to Use acclamation in a Sentence

acclamation

noun
  • Her performance in the ballet earned her thunderous applause and shouts of acclamation from the audience.
  • She has earned worldwide acclamation for her charitable works.
  • The bill will then be subjected to a third and final vote by acclamation on the floor of the house.
    — Fox News, 25 June 2024
  • Vance's nomination will not get a roll call vote and will instead be approved by acclamation.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • There is a lot of information on the internet about acclamation, but one item does not seem to be answered.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
  • But 2020, the year when a virus came out of China and shut down the world, gets in by acclamation.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Our board has decided to use the new laws on election by acclamation this year without amending our election rules.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, by acclamation, he just is held culpable for everything on his watch.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 23 July 2019
  • Ever modest, Groban insisted that the acclamation isn’t just for him.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • At a young age, we are inculcated by our elders — those close to us as well as friends who became aunties, uncles and cousins by polite acclamation.
    — Elizabeth Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • So, plan ahead to preserve the potential benefits of election by acclamation.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • The final decision surely won’t be made by acclamation, but, for now, the single-level version is the obvious choice.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 May 2021
  • The delegates shouted their approval of the platform on Monday, by acclamation.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • Grandparents who provide this crucial support deserve acclamation and a special place in heaven.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The acclamation continued to build, and the Spanish auteur was overcome with gratitude — for a few moments.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • But no crescendo of acclamation greeted Modi’s swearing in on June 10.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
  • It was presented by acclamation as punishment whenever a sports staffer made an inappropriate comment or a joke in poor taste.
    — Gene Myers, Freep.com, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Consider using a disposable worship aid or the use of familiar hymns, songs, antiphons, and acclamations.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2020
  • If Mordaunt does not reach 100 nominations, Sunak will win by acclamation.
    — Jill Lawless, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Her book, according to the New York Times, is meant as an acclamation to Trump by someone who has been a loyal follower.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Many HOAs missed the ability to pursue acclamation last year because of that new timing requirement.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Assembly Bill 1892 would help elections by acclamation.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Senate voted by acclamation to elect Hester as Senate president pro tempore.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Assembly Bill 1892 would help elections by acclamation.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For the winner of the election, the moment of victory brings unbridled joy and acclamation, applause, laughter, hugs and champagne to celebrate the biggest prize in politics.
    — Chris Lamb, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Without an opponent — an increasingly common feature of soccer elections — he most likely will be elected through acclamation on Thursday, with members asked to applaud him rather than vote.
    — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In 2020, Republicans just nuked big chunks of their calendar and proclaimed their incumbent nearly by acclamation.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
  • With no challengers present, delegates approved Flanagan’s endorsement by acclamation Saturday rather than ballots.
    — Twin Cities, 1 June 2026
  • This being the wizarding world, the election involves acclamation not by anything so pedestrian as the popular vote, but by the approval of the qilin, which has the magical ability to sense a man or woman of honor and good character.
    — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Wednesday’s internal Democratic caucus votes are being held behind closed doors, and Jeffries and the other top leaders are expected to win by acclamation, without challengers.
    — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022

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