ACTION in a Sentence
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417 example sentences for ACTION, such as:
1. Suit the action to the word.
2. Thought is the seed of action.
3. The only cure for grief is action.
4. A common danger causes common action.
5. Now let us look at this mouse in action.
2. Thought is the seed of action.
3. The only cure for grief is action.
4. A common danger causes common action.
5. Now let us look at this mouse in action.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ACTION
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action
v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Meanwhile, Samosvitov's feats in the military sphere were being rivalled by the wonders worked by Chichikov's lawyer in the civilian field of action.
2 If, at present, they imagine you to be ambitious and proud and unapproachable and self-assured, your action would afford them an opportunity of seeing how the case really stands.
3 It would have been quite enough, for instance, to have the consciousness by which all so-called direct persons and men of action live.
4 Now let us look at this mouse in action.
5 I repeat, I repeat with emphasis: all "direct" persons and men of action are active just because they are stupid and limited.
6 Don't imagine, though, it was cowardice made me slink away from the officer; I never have been a coward at heart, though I have always been a coward in action.
7 This action was so unlike her usual composure and the fear depicted on Prince Vasili's face so out of keeping with his dignity that Pierre stopped and glanced inquiringly over his spectacles at his guide.
8 Ah well, I'll show that in action, and for me the honor of the flag.
9 In this action for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals.
10 Prince Andrew during the battle had been in attendance on the Austrian General Schmidt, who was killed in the action.
11 Prince Andrew told his driver to stop, and asked a soldier in what action they had been wounded.
12 The remains of our regiment which had been in action rapidly formed up and moved to the right; from behind it, dispersing the laggards, came two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs in fine order.
13 But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.
14 Prince Bagration was thanking the individual commanders and inquiring into details of the action and our losses.
15 I only wanted to ask because I fear the Guards won't be in action, he added as if in apology.
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
1 The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice.
2 Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
3 Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.
4 Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
5 Thought is the seed of action.
6 Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
7 The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future.
8 The only cure for grief is action.
9 Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
10 A common danger causes common action.
11 Suit the action to the word.
12 There's no denying that quicker action could have saved them.
13 The rules will be brought into action tomorrow.
14 Public opinion can force the government into action.
15 His speech was a powerful spur to action.