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"Action" in a Sentence (32 examples)
You insist upon our taking that course of action.
You were careless in your action.
Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.
Your action has offended his dignity.
A time will come when you will regret your action.
Please indicate what action you will take.
Environmental problems call for quick action.
An injury put the shortstop out of action.
The company took action against its former accountant.
We are constrained to and restrained from an action.
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Knead bread with a rocking action.
a movie full of exciting action
Pressing a piano key causes the action of the hammer on the string.
pump-action shotgun
The run in bar 12 is almost impossible with this piano's heavy action.
You're getting fret buzz because the action is too low.
She gave him some action.
I hope to get a bit of action with the hot guy from the club.
He saw some action in the Korean War.
So saying he presented him with two actions of above two thousand livres each.
the Euripus of funds and actions
The Action Sermon is quite simply, then, the eucharistic sermon.
The protest was set up in less than three weeks by an ad hoc group called Act Up […] According to Kramer, Act Up will continue AIDS-related organizing, possibly including an action at an early June Washington, D.C., AIDS conference for scientists worldwide.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.
‘Here, give me the minutes of Monday’s meeting. I’ll action your points for you while you get on and sort out the open day.’
Violent reactions from the Jewish authorities were expected and difficulties of actioning the new guidelines were foreseen.
HMRC said that one reason they had not actioned her appeal was because she had said in her appeal form ‘I am appealing against the overpayment for childcare for 2003-04, 2004-05’, thus implying she was disputing her ‘overpayment’.
Do say: “I can action that for you going forward, my little summer squash.”
‘I have no business to settle with you—arrest me, Sir, at your peril and I’ll action you in law for false imprisonment.’
“Scrip threatened me at first with an action for slander—he spoke of actions to the wrong man though—action! no, no no. I should have actioned him—ha! ha! [...]”
I have actioned him for Libel, but he won’t plead, and says he will make himself bankrupt & won’t pay a penny.
In 1589 the Court went so far as to effect a reconciliation between Michel le Petevin and his wife after she actioned him for ill treatment and adultery with their chambermaid.
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