act out
Example Sentences
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Getting paid to write scripts for a project he’s passionate about, then act out those scripts as a make-believe coach, was once only slightly less unbelievable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Motion capture, or MoCap, is when an actor wears a special suit covered in dots or balls to physically act out scenes, which can then be overlayed on to an animated or digitally generated character.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some of her middle school students are unafraid to initiate conversations about immigration enforcement, she said, while others keep their feelings to themselves or act out.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026
Instead, they seem to have a spirit of “I’m so upset, I have a right to act out due to my sharper sense of injustice.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Also, autistic children act out due to increased anxiety and fear, not from autism itself.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
