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

In general, people weren't clapping at the end of the film.

When all was over, the lights up, the people clapping, he came to himself and looked at his watch.

Then the total was announced - 126 - and people clapped.

As we drove up, people lined the road and clapped.

People clapped; those who could, gave her a standing ovation.

The people cheered and clapped, most of them in obvious agreement.

Just to be standing there, all the people clapping for me, just being happy.

By then, even the people who had been sitting on their folding chairs for hours at that green were standing and clapping.

People were waving and clapping, the weather great, everybody in a good mood.