Everyone laughed with appreciation.

I must say, I've never heard of appreciative laughter before. Interesting concept.

Dressed elegantly(ooooh, elegantly) as he usually does, Maharaji made his way to the chair to a thunderous(ooooh,thunderous) applause from the audience. Some people had not been with him for long time(sob) and with everyone standing, he motioned to the audience to take their seats(oooh). The applause went on for a while(oooh) with smiles of gratitude(ooooooh) beaming(ooooh) from the faces of everyone(oooh).

How embarassing.