Thesaurus / act for

act for

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How to use act for in a sentence

He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.

He had, however, recovered sufficiently to enable him to act with promptitude and discretion.

This seems to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the act, which is primarily to centralize reserves in Federal Reserve Banks.

The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.

He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.

And if an earthly father would act thus wisely and thus kindly, "how much more your Father which is in Heaven?"

It was never the intention of the Federal Reserve Act that member banks should continue the maintenance of these reserve accounts.

On the contrary, the full meaning of the act is manifestly opposed to such an idea.

He went on, ruminating on the vain shadow, into which his over-heated ambition to act and to be distinguished, had involved him.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985