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Example sentences for "actions"

Lexicographically close words:
action; actionable; actione; actionem; actiones; actis; actiue; activate; activated; activating
  1. The regiments now were in a region where the Germans had been long enough to establish themselves, where they had expected to stay, but had been driven out sullenly and reluctantly, fighting bitter rear-guard actions the whole way.

  2. Three hours later they returned and made reports upon which were based the next actions of the troops.

  3. Certain principles seem to govern His actions and to be observed regularly so far as we can see, but we have no ground for stating that our Lord came to resolutions on these points and bound Himself to observe them.

  4. The Laws above mentioned will be found to regulate the course of our Lord's actions as regards the performance of Signs and Wonders.

  5. They called such actions right and wrong; but they asked, Where can this notion of right and wrong come from?

  6. It will be of service to readers to have a summary of the actions and movements of our Lord, in the order in which they are treated of in the Text.

  7. Fletcher, who had played a double part, and whose actions were prompted by personal greed, was brought to a court-martial and cashiered.

  8. They controlled, as councillors, the actions which they had performed as agents.

  9. For all the actions of Clive at this period prove that he was resolved to place matters in Bengal on such a footing as would render impossible atrocities akin to that of the Black Hole.

  10. She was waited upon only by the women and the two black giants who rode behind the white camels: and altogether Sidi Tahar Ben Hadj was in his actions an example of that Arab chivalry about which Sanda had read.

  11. The board was ordered, and General Robertson was relieved from duty by orders from General Bragg's head-quarters, "while the proceedings and actions of the examining board in his case were pending.

  12. In this little state I can discover all the great geniuses, all the surprising actions and revolutions of the great world, in miniature.

  13. As chance governs many actions of my life, when we arrived in the city, we proceeded to the house.

  14. Confession that the Ku Klux Klan uses tar and feathers and the lash to punish persons whose actions it condemns is made by the Klansmen of Beaumont, Tex.

  15. He has defended the Ku Klux Klan by ascribing these unlawful actions to imposters who use the regalia of the Ku Klux.

  16. Fourth summons: Replying to this third answer of the very illustrious Miguel Lopez de Leguazpi, general of the fleet and people of Nova Espanha, I declare, as I have already said in my reply, that actions speak louder than words.

  17. Finding these latter, information as to those regions and the actions of the Portuguese therein must be sought.

  18. After all, in examining the vicious actions of a man who has betrayed manifest and manifold symptoms of insanity, it is not easy to distinguish those which are committed during the lucid interval.

  19. These, however, were but a sort of preludes to much more decisive actions which happened soon after.

  20. The modulations of the voice and the actions of the body must be directly studied, or there can be no naturalness.

  21. Any one who will observe the natural actions of men on the street, in business, in society, or in impassioned oratory, can recognize the meaning and importance of the pivotal actions of the body.

  22. In general, even when representative actions are most appropriate and helpful, the manifestative actions of face and body must be accentuated and at all times made to predominate over the representative actions.

  23. The actions concerned in the rendering of a monologue are those associated with the every-day intercourse of men in conversation, and are often so delicate and unpronounced that an auditor will hardly notice them.

  24. This form has served to unfold the peculiar actions of Mrs. Caudle's mind and also the sublime convictions of Rabbi Ben Ezra.

  25. The impression received from each successive idea must be so vivid as to dominate the rhythm of breathing, and the expansion and other actions of the body.

  26. The mental life, in short, must be genuinely and definitely revealed by the actions of voice and body.

  27. This contrast, which is sustained through the whole monologue, can be interpreted or presented only by the actions of the body and their effect on the tone.

  28. As the expression of a living character, it necessarily requires the natural signs of feeling, the modulations of the voice, and the actions of the body.

  29. You talk of the judgement of the world; I shall never govern my actions by it, but by the rules of morality and right reason.

  30. You must not believe them, no, nor even listen to them, for all their actions and words are full of deceit.

  31. We not only treated him with profound respect, but we really loved him; for in all his actions he indeed proved himself a great monarch.

  32. This was a mere empty compliment, which all his actions belied.

  33. He shewed me a book containing the annals of all memorable actions in his time, which he daily committed to record, and offered me a copy if I would procure it to be translated.

  34. But he conceives that the liberty of this son would diminish his own glory, and does not see that the ambition of Churrum greatly more tarnishes his own fame than would the virtuous character and noble actions of the other.

  35. I observed him curiously, now that he was in absolute authority, and took especial notice of his actions and behaviour.

  36. Passions of her | Death, vntill I be a little better | heartened by relating some of the | laudable actions of her Life.

  37. More emphasis is laid on the decisive actions of individuals, which cannot be reduced under generalisations and which deflect the course of events.

  38. In his discussion of "The Expression of the Emotions" it was important for his purpose "fully to recognise that actions readily become associated with other actions and with various states of the mind.

  39. It is a result of social instincts, which lead to sympathy for other members of the same society, to non-egoistic actions for the good of others.

  40. On the contrary, he found a standard for virtue and vice in the fact that some qualities and actions have a tendency to bring us out of the state of war and to secure peace, while other qualities have a contrary tendency.

  41. Examples are brought forward of the intelligent and deliberate actions of apes, dogs and elephants.

  42. The actions of prominent individuals, which are generally considered to have altered or determined the course of things, are obviously not amenable to statistical computation or explicable by general laws.

  43. The actions of the Ukrainian Jews during the Austro-German occupation provided a very typical instance of the provocative part played by the Jews of Eastern Europe.

  44. Visions of the conquest of Canada were thus rudely dimmed in the opening actions of the war.

  45. To balance this, however, came two brilliant actions by small ships.

  46. The greatest misfortune in travelling through the country of the Touaricks is, their chiefs have not sufficient power to control the people, and for whose actions they will not always be responsible.

  47. This inconsistency runs through all the actions of these semi-civilized people.

  48. It is such actions of dishonesty which make one afraid of travelling in Africa, lest we are sacrificed to the designing villany of those who pretend most and exhibit the most officious marks of friendship.

  49. But the world's estimate of his personal character and actions has been needlessly severe.

  50. I shivered as he said this and by his actions I saw that I understood him right.

  51. We had to be real Indians in custom and actions in order to be considered their equals.

  52. Some were quite sarcastic in their remarks about the invalid preacher who never earned his bread by the sweat of his brow, and by their actions showed that they did not care very much whether he ever got through or not.

  53. The boldest got in first and the more retiring came in later, but all had enough and gradually resumed more human actions and appearance.

  54. The least we can do for such is to bring to light their actions and preserve their history.

  55. The Godfreys remained at Halifax four months after Paul Guidon had sailed, and Margaret never ceased to praise the actions of the noble red man.

  56. They were armed, and their actions seemed to be in keeping with Old Mag's dream.

  57. Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure.

  58. Under these dire forebodings, his temper, exhausted by the sickness of delayed hope, became peevish and fretful, and his words and actions sometimes expressed a reckless desperation, which alarmed Miss Wardour extremely.

  59. I returned it by the maist sincere attachment, but I fell into disgrace frae a trifling act of disobedience, reported to your mother by ane that thought, and she wasna wrang, that I was a spy upon her actions and yours.

  60. A court for the summary trial of actions in the town was established this year.

  61. Actions like these dignify even kings and add splendour to the highest rank.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "actions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    act; action; activity; address; affectation; air; bearing; behavior; carriage; comportment; conduct; custom; demeanor; deportment; doing; doings; gesture; guise; manner; manners; method; methodology; mien; movements; pattern; play; poise; port; pose; posture; practice; praxis; presence; procedure; proceeding; style; tactics; tone; way