The sound of a human voice, particularly that of a child, acted like a whip on me.
Something about it acted like a narcotic, and in this uncomfortable bird's nest I fell asleep.
I had been called a "Tom cat," and for once I acted like one.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to tell you how it was that I acted like a fool.
I admit I acted like a fool," he added, handsomely.
And then I acted like a brute--but I won't go on about that.
He said now he'd come up from Nevada, where he'd been working on a sheep ranch, and he acted like he wanted to get into something respectable and lead a decent life again.
She wore mere civilian creations and acted like a slacker.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acted like" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
