ACTION in a Sentence

Learn ACTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

417 example sentences for ACTION, such as:

1. A man is not good or bad for one action.
2. Now let us look at this mouse in action.
3. I am sorry I must disapprove your action.
4. His bad action was scorned by the public.
5. She can't pay her tax and is facing court action.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
action
 n.  process of doing something, especially when dealing with a problem or difficulty
 n.  something that you do
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
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.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: II
4  Now let us look at this mouse in action.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: III
5  I repeat, I repeat with emphasis: all "direct" persons and men of action are active just because they are stupid and limited.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: V
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.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
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.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
8  Ah well, I'll show that in action, and for me the honor of the flag.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
9  In this action for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
10  Prince Andrew during the battle had been in attendance on the Austrian General Schmidt, who was killed in the action.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
11  Prince Andrew told his driver to stop, and asked a soldier in what action they had been wounded.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
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.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
13  But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
14  Prince Bagration was thanking the individual commanders and inquiring into details of the action and our losses.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXI
15  I only wanted to ask because I fear the Guards won't be in action, he added as if in apology.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
16  The newspapers exclaimed against the government's action.
17  Firefighters took action immediately to stop the blaze spreading.
18  I am sorry I must disapprove your action.
19  Despite threats of strike action, the management remain hopeful that an agreement can be reached.
20  Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
21  Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
22  Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
23  A man is not good or bad for one action.
24  She can't pay her tax and is facing court action.
25  Amnesty International denounced the failure by the authorities to take action.
26  We need tangible evidence if we're going to take legal action.
27  We hope you will understand our reason for this action.
28  This action brought the country to the verge of economic collapse.
29  The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.
30  His bad action was scorned by the public.