act like
Example Sentences
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Tents - particularly polyester tents - act like mini greenhouses trapping heat inside them, from your body and the sun.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
And everybody else, including the people who agreed with them on the merits, was kind of horrified because judges just can’t act like that.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Of course, that brand was built, in no small part, by “All the President’s Men,” which taught a generation how to walk, talk, dress and act like real reporters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Among the most important discoveries was wave-particle duality, the idea that particles can also act like waves.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
I’d been so long without a true friend, or any friend, I’d forgotten how to act like one.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
