On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Ovation. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as recognition or credit and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ovation meaning
- A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
- A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
- Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
Synonyms of Ovation
Using Ovation
- The main meaning on this page is: A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph. | A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement. | Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
- Useful related words include: standing ovation, recognition, credit.
- In the example corpus, ovation often appears in combinations such as: standing ovation, ovation from, ovation for.
Context around Ovation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ovation
- In this selection, "ovation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, standing, announcing, large, technologies, main and per stand out and add context to how "ovation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1983 and ovation technologies followed and a huge ovation for scottie. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ovation" sits close to words such as clone, countdown and excuses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ovation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Costa receives a standing ovation as he comes off for Hwang. (11 words)
At a Disney+ premiere for ), the crowd gave Renner a standing ovation. (12 words)
Ovation main A general might be granted a "lesser triumph", known as an Ovation. (14 words)
Actor and West End star Layton's fast and emotional Argentine tango to Tattoo by Loreen with professional dancer Nikita on the latest episode of the BBC One dance contest received a standing ovation from judges Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse. (41 words)
Montville, p. 198 The next day against Baltimore, Williams was greeted by a large ovation, and received an even larger ovation when he hit a home run in the sixth inning to break a 2 – 2 tie. (37 words)
Entering the House chamber to applause and a standing ovation from both Republicans and Democrats, Biden began his address by recognizing new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
An ovation was a military parade in honour of a victorious general, so the person who "returned from Britain with an ovation" is clearly Plautius, not Pomponia.
Microsoft responded by announcing Windows 1.0 in fall 1983, and Ovation Technologies followed by announcing Ovation in November.
Montville, p. 198 The next day against Baltimore, Williams was greeted by a large ovation, and received an even larger ovation when he hit a home run in the sixth inning to break a 2 – 2 tie.
Ovation main A general might be granted a "lesser triumph", known as an Ovation.
Actor and West End star Layton's fast and emotional Argentine tango to Tattoo by Loreen with professional dancer Nikita on the latest episode of the BBC One dance contest received a standing ovation from judges Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse.
After the screening of the film at Cannes, the project garnered a whopping nine-minute standing ovation, per Variety.
A huge ovation for Scottie Scheffler as the outgoing champion walks up 18. Par, a 70, and he finishes the week at -4.
Allin led the Southern Cali crowd in an ovation for Sting, who shared a moment with his son ringside before waving goodbye to LA for the last time.
At a Disney+ premiere for ), the crowd gave Renner a standing ovation.
Braves fans greeted Freeman with another ovation before the first at-bat of his re-return to Atlanta.
Costa receives a standing ovation as he comes off for Hwang.
Deborah Matters received a standing ovation for her years of service; she became moderator in 1999.
Earlier Friday, the two received a standing ovation in the House of Commons ahead of Biden's address to Parliament.
Entering the House chamber to applause and a standing ovation from both Republicans and Democrats, Biden began his address by recognizing new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Ertz subbed out in the 35th minute to a standing ovation from the crowd at TQL Stadium, shorty after Trinity Rodman’s goal that made it 2-0.
Greeted by a standing ovation after stepping onstage to a packed house at Wembley Park Theatre, he said: “I really appreciate your support.
Harrison Ford gets teary during the six-minute standing ovation for and the Dial of Destiny at pic.
Harris, who got a standing ovation as she approached the stage, said the police beating of Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to his death three days later, should never have happened.
He came back to accept an honorary Oscar, and was greeted with a twelve-minute ovation, said to be the longest in the history of the Academy Awards.
He came in as a reserve midway through the first quarter, doing his standard pregame chalk toss while receiving a standing ovation from Lakers fans.
Common combinations with ovation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- standing ovation 149×
- ovation from 29×
- ovation for 19×
- ovation as 14×
- ovation and 11×
- ovation at 11×
- ovation when 10×
- the ovation 8×
- ovation in 7×
- ovation after 7×