How to Use action in a Sentence

action

noun

• She tried to explain her actions.
• The school took disciplinary action against the drunken students.
• He was critical of the government's actions before the war.
• The problem may require military action.
• They decided that no further action was necessary.
• I accept full responsibility for my actions.
• The situation demanded immediate action.
• Luca, who is ten years old, thinks baseball is a fast, unrelenting, and action-packed sport.
  — Jason Horowitz, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
• But most of those have demanded local officials take action.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
• The House could take action alone by passing a resolution to adjust its standing rules to allow a new delegate to be seated.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• In 2008, some of these drivers sued Arpaio in a class-action lawsuit known as Melendres v. Arpaio.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• The goal was to take action against the rapid and chaotic urban sprawl by preserving bustaans and creating new green spaces to reduce the city’s heat, improve the air, and capture moisture.
  — Time, 16 Nov. 2022
• But lawmakers could also take action with legislation to tackle ticket transparency mandates and block bots from creating chaos.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• If you aren't legitimately compelled to take action immediately, quietly waiting until things settle down may be a better plan.
  — Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• By July 2019, there were only seven, and a class-action lawsuit says that was the result of an unlawful agreement between the tech giants.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2022
• The follow-up, Graffiti Kingdom, expanded on the creativity while transplanting the genre to more of a platform-action thing.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Nov. 2022
• Kuiper and Krukow aren’t just the ones calling the action.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
• When in crisis, the worst action is to go dark and silent . .
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• Scroll down to see more videos of the nails in action, below.
  — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 11 July 2018
• Democrats want to keep the focus on Trump and his actions, rather than on the Bidens.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2019
• There is no action that a claimant needs to take right now.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 3 July 2021
• The post ended with a call to action and a link to donate.
  — Jane Hanson, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• And the four months away from action didn't help, either.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2020
• The burst of contentious actions sent war tremors across the region.
  — Anne Barnard and Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2017
• Here are six of the best moments from the weekend's action...
  — SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Get into a few flocks, then bring the next group in for some action.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 12 Jan. 2021
• Drop in and observe the groomers in action and ask questions.
  — Washington Post, 6 July 2019
• If rock-bottom prices are your thing, this is where the action is.
  — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
• The model should know the laws, regulations and political guardrails so that the model can result in the most appropriate action.
  — Danyal Ali, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• The network's actions cut into what would have been very lucrative syndication deals for Keenen.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024