How do you use Ovations in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Ovations meaning
plural of ovation
Using Ovations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of ovation
- In the example corpus, ovations often appears in combinations such as: standing ovations, ovations from, ovations by.
Context around Ovations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ovations
- In this selection, "ovations" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, standing, thunderous, portland, lol, don and program stand out and add context to how "ovations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include many standing ovations during his and a few ovations in his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ovations" sits close to words such as abdur, abrasion and abscess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ovations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both actors received the most enthusiastic standing ovations of the night. (11 words)
Portland Ovations is bringing the Broadway National Tour of Hadestown to Portland in October. (14 words)
The crowd burst into applause giving Pence one of many standing ovations during his address here. (16 words)
I suspect that when the badly received Beanie Feldstein launched the revival, Barbra didn’t want to sit there and be irritated, and when Beanie’s replacement, Lea, got raves, she didn’t want to sit there and watch the standing ovations, lol. (43 words)
I don’t know how to say this in a way that doesn’t make me come across as an old man shouting at clouds, so I guess I’ll just say it: standing ovations don’t mean what they used to. (42 words)
Sir Elton John has received many standing ovations during his long career, but theroar of appreciation he got from the crowd at his Sydney concert last Tuesday was not for a rendition of one his pop hits. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
I suspect that when the badly received Beanie Feldstein launched the revival, Barbra didn’t want to sit there and be irritated, and when Beanie’s replacement, Lea, got raves, she didn’t want to sit there and watch the standing ovations, lol.
The crowd burst into applause giving Pence one of many standing ovations during his address here.
The defecting supporters removed their symbolic Kwankwasiyya red caps and threw them over to the campaign podium amid thunderous ovations from the crowd.
The lights hadn’t yet dimmed, but pomp and celebrity fuels Cannes, where ovations are cheap.
I don’t know how to say this in a way that doesn’t make me come across as an old man shouting at clouds, so I guess I’ll just say it: standing ovations don’t mean what they used to.
Most Sundance attendees walked into “My Old Ass” knowing next to nothing about the plot, but they left with tears in their eyes and their bodies out of their seats for multiple standing ovations.
One member of the 1st Galician Division was 99-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, who received two standing ovations in the Canadian parliament in September 2023 during Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s visit.
Portland Ovations is bringing the Broadway National Tour of Hadestown to Portland in October.
The audience gave him standing ovations before and after he answered questions for about an hour.
The thing that most stirred the crowd was Manilow’s voice, as he delivered held high notes on such power ballads as “Weekend in New England” and “Even Now,” which received extended ovations.
Back in the intimate space at Ovations you sit snuggled up against other patrons in club chairs, drink in hand, all focused on the small stage with its phalanx of microphones and a glistening grand piano.
One of seven touring groups from the New York-based company now traveling the world, their 2020 season has been received with high praise and standing ovations, by audience members who are sometimes moved to tears.
Sir Elton John has received many standing ovations during his long career, but theroar of appreciation he got from the crowd at his Sydney concert last Tuesday was not for a rendition of one his pop hits.
Then there was a testimony time during which some members of the congregation came out to attest to the glory and grace of God in their lives to thunderous ovations.
The Ovations program will include excerpts from Step Afrika!’s new full-length work, “Drumfolk” — inspired by the 1739 revolt of Africans enslaved in South Carolina.
When President Trump recognized Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as “the true and legitimate president of Venezuela” during the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Mr. Guaidó received two bipartisan standing ovations.
Both actors received the most enthusiastic standing ovations of the night.
His speech was marked by cheers and standing ovations, and intermittent chants of "four more years" by an audience of mostly seniors.
Joel Embiid had 33 points and earned a few ovations in his return to the 76ers’ lineup.
Such was the Spaniard’s technical quality, particularly in the first half, that he had been given two standing ovations by the Emirates crowd before even 40 minutes had passed.
Common combinations with ovations
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- standing ovations 22×
- ovations from 3×
- ovations by 3×
- ovations of 2×
- ovations during 2×
- thunderous ovations 2×
- ovations are 2×
- the ovations 2×
- ovations in 2×
- ovations at 2×