man of action

Example Sentences

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He’s a man of action who wants us to put our American sense of romance to world-beating use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The message is clear: this is a man of action who is working on behalf of the people.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Fanon’s “revolutionary lives” —as thinker, writer and committed man of action — remain powerful examples for our own times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

She supported Mr. Trump in 2020 and plans to do so again, saying she saw him as a man of action.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Mr. McKee was asleep on a chair with his fists clenched in his lap, like a photograph of a man of action.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald