11.   Welch exclaims to a round of spontaneous applause.

12.   When the priest welcomed Trimble from the pulpit, the grieving Catholic congregation burst into spontaneous applause.

13.   A large crowd of civilians who had gathered to watch the ceremony erupted in spontaneous applause at the arrival of a column of KLA special forces in black uniforms.

14.   As the ceremony concluded, the crowd burst into spontaneous applause for the parade of police officers, firefighters and construction workers exiting ground zero.

15.   His back aching and his legs weary, Palmer walked slowly across the practice green when a throng of fans on the balcony erupted in spontaneous applause.

16.   Now and then, spontaneous applause from bystanders broke out.

17.   Several hundred worshipers who had attended the midday Mass broke into spontaneous applause when Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea, in shorts, entered the Chapel of the Apparitions.

18.   Spontaneous applause echoed through the chamber and public galleries as the crucial vote passed by a wide margin.

19.   The audience can hardly contain itself, cheering and clapping in a frenzy of spontaneous applause.

20.   The church erupted in spontaneous applause for the cardinal just before the casket disappeared from the church.