How to use "clap" in a sentence

The skies were heavy and gray as stone; Sala heard a clap of thunder

I expected everyone to laugh and clap as I walked down the stairs.

Suddenly the sky was shattered by lightning, then by a hard clap of thunder, and the night imploded into a deeper darkness, into infinite and perfect blackness.

With a few simple sentences and a sharp clap of his hands, the hypnotist brought her out of the trance.