Sentence Examples:
Both became vociferous in acclaiming the captain's irresponsibility, and both accused him of having caused Cap'n Abe's disappearance.
In all countries Christophe acclaims the folk without a country as helpers towards the foundation of the universal fatherland.
Huxley's controversial victories over Gladstone were then occurring in the monthly press, and he acclaimed them with enormous gusto.
The renewed clash of acclaiming chorus ushers again the awful phrase of unison (now in octave descent), in towering majesty.
Industrialism was something which could be studied from the outside, which could be appraised, and then acclaimed or resisted.
It acclaimed Benjamin Romaine as its Grand Sachem, after his removal in 1806 from the City Controllership for malfeasance.
These resolves condemned the Stamp Act and defiantly acclaimed the rights which they considered essential to civil liberty.
Those five last comers would represent the multitude, the great concourse of people which follows sovereigns and acclaims them.
The optimistic forecasts have been belied; the nations have not acclaimed free trade, but rear tariff walls higher than ever.
He took them into the imperial city, where he was received with rapturous rejoicing and was acclaimed liberator of the empire.
Veterans and conscripts hailed their chief with jubilant acclaim, as with a few burning words he handed them their eagles.
They greeted him with an immense crusading acclaim, kindling to the daring of it, with the thought of championing mankind.
In its day the scheme was acclaimed by irrational idealists as a triumph of American abnegation and an example of modern altruism.
We saw it on the occasion of a special festival, when popular recognition and acclaim were manifested in profuse and elaborate decorations.
The convention, when finally brought to order, reaffirmed its complimentary nomination as a real one, with great enthusiasm and wild acclaim.
Welcomed home with unusual acclaim, Paul Jones found that during his absence two things had happened which vitally concerned him.
He saw, with a species of fantastic intuition, that the island authorities would actually acclaim them for the tidings they brought.
And yet the authors of this sort of book are hailed as realists, their work is acclaimed as social criticism and American interpretation.
It was theatrically acclaimed, with almost delirious joy, sharply contrasting with the condition of deep discouragement and gloom it suddenly dissipated.
The rounds at the target proceeded through the forenoon, Drake the acclaimed leader; and the Christmas sun drew to mid-sky.
They rode gaily into camp, and most of the inhabitants of the place were gathered around the store to acclaim their arrival.
They recognized the move as a break in the Archbishop's cordon, and vociferously acclaimed that help and food were coming to them.
It has been acclaimed "the most grateful lubricant known to the human machine," and "the most delightful taste in all nature."
The Princess Elizabeth was released and loyally acclaimed, and it was only on her intercession that Peter and Simon were spared.
When the opera was brought forward again a year later, the same city which had decried it as a failure acclaimed it a success.
It had been a trail for tribes long before Roman legions won a victory in the pass, which was acclaimed an imperial triumph.
He hobbled back on crutches to his brother's home in Mississippi amid the shouts and frenzied acclaim of a proud and grateful people.
The dining room acclaims the woodcarver at his best, with moldings, shutters, doors, chair-rail and fireplace decorated with beauty and restraint.
Just because we abuse their militarism, they affirm and acclaim it; just because we attack their governing class, they rally round it.
The public thought that she looked proud, and acclaimed her because of this strange aloofness which seemed to envelop her whole person.
Those on the platform, taking his silence for a lapse of memory, applauded zealously, an acclaim that was echoed through the hall.
They were answered with a volley from her decks, and two maroons fell, shouts from the Spaniards acclaiming the lucky shots.
A sea of waving handkerchiefs confronted the speaker, acclaiming silently and reverently the deep esteem in which he was held by all present.
On the same day General Washington entered Boston in triumph, and was hailed by the universal acclaim of the people as their deliverer.
By the Opposition the victory of the Parisians was acclaimed enthusiastically as the triumph of a neighboring people over despotism and aristocratic privilege.
And this was the night of her dedication to the world; the world was seating her upon her throne, acclaiming her coronation.
The journey from San Francisco to Washington was a sort of triumphal progress and everywhere the Chinese mission was received with acclaim.
I recall as one of the excitements and pleasures of a lifetime the enthusiastic confidence of that convention when they acclaimed Lincoln their nominee.
Acclaimed as national achievements, adding new luster to national glory, these discoveries at first only stimulated patriotism and became an incentive to national effort.
Bridgman, and the "trust" were eager for a publicity and acclaim greater than that which might attach to any honorable second victor.
Even as I reached her the final warrior cast his useless vote with the others, the excited concourse voicing appreciation in noisy acclaim.
One full shout, breaking the leaden silence; then a gurgle of innumerable emptying bumpers, again followed by universal cheering, returned him loud acclaim.
To her went the acclaimed wise men of the day for the comfort of her fearlessness and simplicity of thought upon their questions.
This is a deadly and execrable liberty for which we cannot feel sufficient horror, though some men dare to acclaim it noisily and enthusiastically.
It rose and swelled, and began to roll in its volume, and then, like the clarion sound of trumpets, voices burst into glad acclaim.
His friars formed a vanguard round him, acclaiming him Vicar-General as they beat back the intruders with hard blows and angry scowls.
Could it be possible that a tenor acclaimed by all should have so little vanity and be so nobly conscious of his artistic mission?
He did not want to be acclaimed by many nations, but to see suffering and poverty and squalor clean banished from the earth.
Whereas art was once uplifted by the joyous acclaim of the whole people, she must now fight for space in a jostling competition.
Yet no one of these things overthrew him, but he stood like a valiant combatant with the laurel wreath, acclaimed with applause in each race.
They seemed a celestial compassion that stooped and soothed, and rose again in lofty and solemn acclaim, leaving us poor and penitent and humbled.
The many new seedling trees scattered all over the regions where the hickory grows require only propagation and distribution for wider acclaim.
The poet weaves into his strain numerous allusions to myths which were in common acceptance, and fully understood by his hearers, and acclaimed forthwith.
She retarded her steps as she looked earnestly at the rows of houses, at the tumultuous crowd, at all which greeted and acclaimed her.
So, forthwith were they wed, with much pomp and circumstance, and so he brought her to his Duchy with great joy and acclaim.
As their words died away the gruff voices of the non-commissioned officers and privates standing at salute repeated the acclaim, in accordance with the custom.
Cannons boomed forth their welcome, while the Magistrates harangued, and the people cheered her, acclaiming the great and good deeds of her ancestors.
New recruits to the ranks of the strong they seemed, and the triumphant army in the Saxon acclaimed them with a thunderous cheer.
He can put through a gigantic commercial robbery, and we will acclaim his nerve and audacity, provided he is on the level with ourselves.
For that action, he said, was only to show that they were vassals of that one whom they had verbally acclaimed as their sovereign.
Bounding to the open terrace, he harangued the troops and met with a quick response in their hearty acclaim; they promptly formed in line.
Then as the bay colt walked proudly down the stretch with Uncle Peter on his back, a thunderous wave of acclaim rent the air.
The whole population of the new city, where all work was stopped in token of rejoicing, lined the road to acclaim the bridal pair.
The crowd was vociferously acclaiming the Republican flag, which was flying, not only from the public buildings, but from nearly every house.
Gandhi could still find large audiences, not all consisting of excitable students, to acclaim him or to listen open-mouthed to his ceaseless flow of eloquence.
Well might he remember the blind zeal with which they acclaimed his acts, and the prodigies and miracles they ascribed to their performance.
These were enthusiastically acclaimed by a contemporary as "a beautiful, prophetic compliment to the future monarch," but the present generation may conceivably find another epithet.
In an army so huge and of such experience there were naturally many officers who in a less warlike age would have been acclaimed as great generals.
It is the human struggle which we watch upon the Cross: the human victory there won which we acclaim with endless joy and exultation.
At the other end Waters was fairly smothered under the rush of delighted comrades, patting him on the back, acclaiming his rise to fame.
In his own day he was acclaimed as the greatest poet of all time, but as is usual in such cases his reputation very rapidly waned.
A great labor demonstration had taken place the previous night on the moors outside the town, and Gerard had been acclaimed as a popular hero.
His exposition, I repeat, is startlingly neat, the development of his plots absolutely logical, and the world has acclaimed his ingenuity in dramatic construction.
Punch had long acclaimed Tennyson as one of the major poets; but a slight element of reserve mingles in the congratulations on his peerage in 1883.
Manet painted one or two successes for the official Salon; Nietzsche's brilliant style and faculty for coining poetic images were acclaimed, his philosophy declared detestable.
Now, if in any conflict an arrangement seems workable enough to one party and is actually acclaimed by the other, it is not lightly to be disregarded.
Each city which lay upon its route was decorated to receive it; and the loud acclaims of the multitudes expressed their satisfaction at the novel spectacle.
Hailed as the "Liberator" and the "Terror of Despots," he was also acclaimed by the people as the "Redeemer, the First-Born Son of the New World!"
And as they drank with tumultuous acclaim, Larry turned and, looking upon the radiant face at his side, whispered: "Jane, did you hear what he said?"
Had Teddy bears been fond of veal, no doubt an unlimited supply could have been provided, for surely never were returned prodigals received with such acclaim.
She would have to die and leave funds for a public drinking fountain before the village would acclaim her as their own with joy and alacrity.
When, as often happens, a man thus kills himself in the fury of exaltation, he is acclaimed a martyr, and his family are pensioned for life.
He was received with acclaim by all classes, except a few Ultra Tories, who threatened to impeach him for his rash march to the Danube.
As time wears by, Burns pulls out a manuscript from his pocket, and reads his latest poem to a hilarious audience: a very masterpiece, they acclaim it.
On all hands the count was acclaimed as the man the country needed to restore its fallen fortunes and stay the hand of the destroyer.
May youthful bands applaud and eloquent tongues acclaim her, and wise hearts ponder on the wonder, priests hoary with age gather strength at the sight.
Amazed and above all delighted at not having to incur danger, the royal coward made his triumphant entry into the good towns that acclaimed the Maid.
Robert Brown was deservedly acclaimed by his contemporaries as the first botanist of his age, and honors fell to his share even in his earlier years.
Forever acclaiming the beauty of the command to forgive injuries, they cannot even debate without insolence where they know their sectarian claims are called in question.
And still more did they give acclaim when those five knights rode across the drawbridge and into the gateway of the town and into the town.
Momma was charmed to recognize it, she blew it a kiss of adulation and acclaim, while we yet wound about among the environs, and hailed it "Pisa!"
The Sacred College has sometimes elected popes by acclamation, when the cardinals simultaneously and without any previous consultation ''acclaimed'' one of their number as pontiff.
She had gone past a state in which pride could be greater than her love and, as if to make amends for her disloyalty, she acclaimed him.
Growing from his shoulders, winged figures of Fame and Valor with trumpet, sword and laurel, forming a crest above his controlling head, acclaim his triumph.
He found that his brother Alexis, who had astutely awaited his opportunity, was being acclaimed Emperor, and, without a struggle, he galloped across the country.
She was met with immediate acclaim from a large blond daughter-in-law, her soft, expansive bosom swathed in old lace caught up with a great jeweled lizard.
On the other hand, if I were known to have professed a certain faith and to have abandoned it, he would acclaim that as casting off mental slavery.
President Wilson, generally acclaimed as the leader of the world's democracies, phrased for civilization the arguments against autocracy in the great peace conference after the war.
From all the North ready acclaims went up, and women shed tears of joy, such as in King Arthur's day rewarded some peerless deed of Galahad.
Priscilla Sanford, starting one morning to town, turned crimson at the shrill acclaim of the scarlet sisterhood, two of whom had kissed their hands to her.