act like
Example Sentences
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What a sad irony that so many people are choosing, instead, to act like short-term gamblers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The particles act like tiny structural supports inside the rubber, preventing it from thinning as much as it normally would during stretching.
From Science Daily • May 13, 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
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
