How to Use act out in a Sentence

act out

verb

• So if your dog is acting out, start by trying to find the root cause.
  — Alexandra Gekas, Woman's Day, 25 Feb. 2019
• There are a lot of people throughout the series who appear to act out of fear of being shot.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 4 June 2019
• Some praised her for saving Ewell's life, others argued the officers did not act out of line.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 June 2019
• The abusers also may be children themselves, repeating or acting out what they've been shown.
  — Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2019
• Instead, only two acts out of the 10 that perform each night are chosen to go through to the finale.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Jan. 2019
• The couple was afraid that they would be thrown out of the house and that Mullis would mentally relapse and act out on his impulses again.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
• Each summer evening, the town's unique Americana comes alive with a classic cowboy shootout acted out at the center of town.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
• Galipo said the officer’s life was not threatened and, instead, the officer acted out of anger because someone had pushed him.
  — Richard Winton, latimes.com, 18 June 2019
• But the attorney said that the officer’s life was not threatened and that the officer acted out of anger because someone had pushed him.
  — Paloma Esquivel, latimes.com, 24 June 2019
• Agatha, meanwhile, stays in Westview, acting out various television plots.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
• Vestager is not acting out of hatred for the U.S., as former President Trump once accused her of.
  — Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• One possibility is that Madeline was acting out to get Ed’s attention.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 June 2019
• Today Apple may have acted out of consistency with its privacy principles, to the benefit of some consumers.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 5 June 2019
• These roles are not only sung by vocalists but also acted out by instrumental soloists, who must memorize their parts and execute precisely choreographed movements.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
• The 6-year-old who acted out on the school bus wasn't alone.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
• And if there are no nouns, then what is acting out the verbs?
  — George Musser, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2019
• Take your rage, and paint/draw/paste/act out/write/sing/film it.
  — The Washington Post, 31 July 2020
• In the video, the band don breastplates and gold leaf crowns to act out Shakespeare.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Good News: All that the Lord hopes of his followers is to act out of kindness and love.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 May 2022
• Hsu had been chosen to act out a fake lemonade ad in front of her school.
  — CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
• For you as a parent in real life, what were those scenes like to act out?
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• But first, the children act out the story of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.
  — al, 21 Dec. 2022
• The game involves guessing words that are acted out one by one to form a phrase.
  — USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• Don’t act out, don’t huff and puff over the indignity of it all — just be busy that day.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• Don’t act out, don’t huff and puff over the indignity of it all – just, be busy that day.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2022
• If Brown acts out, the Patriots can just release him and move on.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• The series has already asked him to play over 20 years of age ranges and act out one of the most gut-wrenching deathbed scenes of the last decade.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 July 2020
• Still, Jaymes acted out at home and at school, and continued to do so for years.
  — Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2020
• To play, spin the wheel, move the corresponding number of spaces on the board, then draw a card with a clue to act out.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
• The whole point is to for people not to be influenced, but instead to act out of their own free will.
  — The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024