"And come not back without you hear a clapping of my hands."

There was a great clapping of hands when he sat down.

Someone always has to start the clapping and when she did a few others followed.

Almost half of the subjects were able to recognize their own clapping.

Two and a half years later, the clapping has turned into stunned silence.

With the speech and the clapping, it was obvious that had changed.

In some places, it is very simple, with rhythmic clapping.

He held up his hands to stop the clapping.

The voice and the clapping of hands can certainly be considered the first instrumental forms used by man.

She allowed herself a few short whoops and some clapping.

There was some generalized clapping, during which the baby began to cry.

"We've got a shot," the quarterback said through the clapping.

Sometimes, a clapping or snapping beat is used by the children in the circle.

There was a sound like the clapping of two hands, or a small thunder-crash.

Then he danced out into the center of the marble hall to great clapping.

But perhaps more than the sound of one hand clapping is in order for other events of 1853.

But before they faced off again, both were distracted by the sound of excited clapping.

In the ensuing silence, the clapping of hands startled her.

But in a minute more the queen was brought to herself by a great shout and a clapping of hands.

This single clapping was not, however, spreading to the large assembled audience.

I took out my earplugs and heard the light clapping of approval.

There was some more clapping and, shaking at the knees, I thanked them all.

"You may express your agreement," he said, and tentative clapping began.

Immediately the younger guards pick up the rhythm with their clapping.

When they brought the piece to an end, Eric was startled to hear enthusiastic clapping.

Only one person clapped in a room of perhaps 200.

What they're clapping for is who the words were about.

Then he turned to the other children and clapped his hands once more.

Will got up and clapped her on the back a couple of times.

One or two of the men in the room clapped.

His men looked at each other quickly, and began clapping.

She clapped a hand to the side of her head.

Several began to keep the time with their hands, clapping them together.

He clapped his hands, and several men came quickly into the room.

One of them clapped his hands and a woman came in.

He came out of the house, saw where we'd got to and clapped his hands together hard to get our attention.

He clapped along as the staff put on a show.

Now, the women clap for themselves when class is over.

"And I was trying to figure out why people were clapping."

"Have you ever heard the sound of one hand clapping?"

His father might have clapped him on the back for this one.

Here a man clapped, there another, off to one side several more.

He clapped them against his side to bring the feeling back.

Maybe the sun would come out if he clapped his hands, too.

You were getting ready to clap me on the back.

He'd known it the moment he clapped eyes on her.

Several people at the back stood up and started clapping.

Might as well give the kids something to clap for now and again.

And as they did, a few of us began to clap our hands.

I am able to go out and have 1,300 people clap for me at night.

I think we should all get a clap on the back.

He gave the young man a clap on the back.

When they stop I give them a clap, but no one else does.

"They tell me what to do to make the audience clap."

She picked up a case of the clap on the way.

The clap on the shoulder made him start, look up.

"Good," the woman said with a small clap of her hands.

The words came like a clap of thunder to Will.

They eyed me like I was a case of the clap.

A fever of some sort, perhaps not even the clap.

A clap is hitting your hands together that makes a sound.

"Now we can get started," the old woman announced with a clap of her hands.

When the music stops you also can put your arms up, down, or clap.

"Our fire will sound no louder than the clap of hands."

He placed his hands in a V and brought them together with a clap.

However, in a situation more specific to hearing culture, the traditional clap is used.

They arrived over the road like a clap of thunder.

In 1742, Clap closed the college, sending the students home.

I didn't leave anything there but a good case of the clap.

As he brought them together with a sharp clap I saw his lips move.

He started doing this (without the hand clap) on the February 13, 2006 show.

He saw a flash, heard a pop like a single hand clap.

Everyone who met Robert that morning had a grin for him, or a clap on the back.

The young bird was gone in a clap of wings.

What seemed like a clap of thunder struck the world all around.