Ovation is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OVATION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a demonstration of popular acclaim
• a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from an audience, especially by means of applause
• a processional entrance into Rome by a victorious commander, of lesser honour than a triumph.
• enthusiastic round of applause
• A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.
• Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.
• enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an expression or demonstration of popular acclaim

Words related to OVATION

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Words that contain OVATION

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How to use OVATION in a sentence

• Paine escaped to France, and received a brilliant ovation at Calais, which returned him as deputy to the National Convention.
• There was a last ovation around Mathieu and Marianne, who were encompassed by their eager offspring.
• No sooner had he arrived than he found himself the object of a species of ovation.
• The venerable man received a tremendous ovation on this occasion, but the cold of the day proved too great a strain upon him.
• The translation of my remarks ended in a wonderful ovation, and I thought the band would never play anything else but the National Anthem, which it repeated again and again.
• At the sight of our khaki uniforms they at once raised a cheer, and we had quite an ovation as we passed down the street.
• The fighter was tempted by the money, and, with all the ovation of a military procession, they attended him to the ground appointed for the combat.
• When the four left they received an ovation that would have warmed the heart of any man.
• It was at the Porta Capena also that the senate and people of Rome gave to Cicero a splendid ovation on his return from banishment.
• From the outermost trenches all the way to Siboney, where a launch awaited them, their progress was an ovation of wildest enthusiasm.
• He was the youngest man on the floor, and they gave him an ovation.
• The students were ready to give her an ovation, and no one opposed it, because, after all, if she sang now it was because the police were willing at last.
• And when the Lad came stealing in, bearing his precious burden, he was received with a positive ovation.
• The ovation was granted to such generals as had averted a threatened war, or gained some great advantage without inflicting great loss on the enemy.
• But if he must receive an ovation, I can compel him to leave Angouleme by the means of the ovation itself.
• The ovation justified the past of Louise de Negrepelisse.
• The reception and ovation which the crowd gave the great poet, who rarely appeared in public, was beyond description.
• The sight of a Belgian uniform in the streets of London or Paris was the signal for a popular ovation.
• But once the special commissioner was out of sight, the farce was turned into an ovation, and nearly every officer in the post came forward and extended his sympathy.
• Her Commander, Boyle, comes only after Nasmith as a pet of Roger Keyes! She got a tremendous ovation from the Fleet.
• Fabius was satisfied with entering the city in ovation.
• This marked the beginning of a most successful series of concerts, at each of which Haydn received a great ovation.
• The occasion of his taking his degree proved an ovation still recollected, and recorded in the annals of Cambridge.
• My helper was pounding my back black and blue with one hand and trying to pump mine off with the other, and I was getting an ovation from all over the ship.
• She visited Edinburgh, where the ovation of Liverpool was repeated and surpassed.
• As soon as he could extricate himself from the ovation, he went with me to Judge Humphrey, who took him to dine with us.
• About the same time, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, who, two years before, had gone into Farther Spain, in the office of praetor, entered the city in ovation.
• About the same time Marcus Fulvius Nobilior entered the city in ovation, returning from Farther Spain.
• Moreover, the really brave soul declines all ovation.
• During the trip he delivered about twenty-five short speeches, and his reception at Montgomery was an ovation.
• Then an ovation greeted Lancaster, as he led his classic team on to the ground.
• His friends had planned a demonstration for his entrance, and in calling it an ovation the newspapers hardly magnified its apparent spontaneity and volume.
• I was prepared for a reception in Brooklyn on my return, but I never dreamed it would be the ovation it was.
• Talmage such an ovation as we had witnessed seemed only to intensify the simplicity of his character.
• Then the banquet, with its innumerable courses of well-served food, the speeches and toasts, and the personal ovation that always followed Mr.

Similar words containing OVA without suffix tion

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