How to Use Acts in a Sentence

Acts

noun
  • Acts in smaller venues saw more success.
    — Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 June 2025
  • Taking the protest to sports Acts of protest weren’t confined to Iran.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 2023-09-16
  • The act was part of a series of four laws passed in 1798 known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
    — Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 2025-03-31
  • Acts will perform on the Optimum Main Stage and under the Abbey Tent.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
  • And here’s where, in the Book of Acts, it’s said that this Black trans person has nothing that bars them from being Christian.
    — Hazlitt, 2024-04-03
  • Her studio debut, Acts of Rebellion, came out back in the autumn of 2020.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2024-11-20
  • Acts of antisemitic violence have continued to haunt the United States.
    — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In the Bible, Jesus uses the church to describe his people (Acts 20:28).
    — Maxine Harrison, refinery29.com, 2023-09-11
  • This was exemplified by one of the first Acts of the new Congress, the Coinage Act of 1792.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 2025-01-24
  • In the Book of Acts, merely touching St. Paul's handkerchief cured the sick and cast out evil spirits from the afflicted.
    — Thomas Phippen, Fox News, 2023-06-04
  • Meanwhile, in development are a series about the Acts of the Apostles, and a limited series about Joseph.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2024-09-20
  • One biblical mention of purple dye occurs in Acts 16:14, which describes a female merchant.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2025-05-10
  • He was found guilty of violating the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, Greenberg said.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2024-06-06
  • Groups like Acts Housing aim to help borrowers identify the right programs and often find that borrowers are eligible for more than one.
    — Ann Carrns, New York Times, 2025-01-17
  • Human Acts affectingly chronicled the legacies of Gwangju by providing us with multiple views on the event and its aftermath.
    — Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 2025-01-22
  • Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota and New York have passed their own Voting Rights Acts.
    — Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Jefferson pardoned people who had been convicted and sentenced to prison, part of the Alien and Sedition Acts—journalists, editors.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 2025-01-25
  • Humana has agreed to pay $90 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit under the False Claims Acts.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2024-08-16
  • Lyttleton’s task involved debunking three passages in the book of Acts, a book recounting the earliest history of Christ’s followers.
    — Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 2025-02-06
  • Knight previously detailed her journey in her memoir Acts of Kindness: My Story in 2011.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 2024-12-06
  • Following the release of the photo with the Nazi salute, the community formed the Baraboo Acts Coalition, which aims to make the area safe for people with diverse backgrounds.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 2024-06-11
  • In early 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws known as the Intolerable or Coercive Acts.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-12-15
  • This law was passed in 1798 as part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, a suite of highly partisan statutes designed to target immigrants under the guise of national security.
    — Juan Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2025-05-06
  • All materials must comply with the Buy American and Build America, Buy America Acts.
    — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The synching, so early in the story, of Chuck’s decline to the world’s destruction almost completely undermines the ensuing Acts Two and One, leaving them little more to do than a working-out of the plot.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2025-06-16
  • The act was designed to counter the problems of the 1876 election, when some states submitted competing slates; that election required a compromise to settle on a winner, and the cost was undoing many of the Reconstruction Acts.
    — Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 2024-11-05
  • England's Navigation Acts protected domestic shipping while encouraging new ventures.
    — Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Acts of heroism Minneapolis doctors and law enforcement echoed Merkel’s sentiment throughout the day on Thursday, describing the grueling escape children and teachers endured, as well as the heroic rescue efforts that saved countless lives.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Top 12 will chase seven available positions the Final, which include one Semifinal Golden Buzzer, six America’s votes, and the four Quarterfinal Golden Buzzer Acts.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • NIMBYs everywhere are quick to complain when their views are blocked, but in California, environmentalists have gone further with the Solar Rights and Solar Shade Control Acts, which protect homeowners from shadows falling on their solar panels.
    — Sam Bloch august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025

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