act
Example Sentences
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Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.
From Salon
She pointed to a recent study from Norway that observed comparable signals near an unstable rock slope and "suggested that their signals may be linked to freeze-thaw processes acting on cracks within the bedrock."
From Science Daily
On the occasion that we’re let out of our house, our screens come with us, acting as an extra limb or a tool to curb solitude.
From Salon
These radioactive elements decay at known rates, effectively acting as a built-in clock that reveals when the eggs were buried.
From Science Daily
Their defense team said the two acted in lawful self-defense.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
