1.   He came on stage to rapturous applause.

2.   He left the stage to rapturous applause.

3.   She was greeted with rapturous applause.

4.   When Nicholas returned to Parkhead to play his home debut in a showpiece friendly against Everton he was greeted with rapturous applause.

5.   Her galvanic rendition of the song received rapturous applause.

6.   At the end she took a deep breath, before joining in the rapturous applause, wishing the lights could be turned up.

7.   This is the fourth of Peter Brooks productions to be staged in the Tramway and like its predecessors was received in a hushed silence followed by rapturous applause.

8.   This is the fourth Peter Brook production to be staged in the Tramway and like its predecessors was received in a hushed silence followed by rapturous applause.

9.   But new rules and commissions and inquiries seldom win rapturous applause from immigrants, who are tired of windy rhetoric that fails to deliver hard results.

10.   Rapturous applause greeted the idea, and soon it was settled.