1.   Applause filled the auditorium.

2.   Applause filled the room.

3.   The applause filled the sanctuary.

4.   Applause filled the room at Mission Control.

5.   Applause filled the theater where prosecutors gathered, across a private street from the White House.

6.   Deafening applause filled the air.

7.   Mbeki walked from the podium where he had delivered his first address as president and sat down in his new seat as applause filled the chamber.

8.   Mbeki walked from the podium where he had delivered his first address as president-elect and sat down in his new seat as applause filled the chamber.

9.   Mbeki walked from the podium where he had delivered an address and sat down in his new seat as applause filled the chamber.

10.   Rousing applause filled mission control outside Moscow when officials announced that the rocket had reached orbit.