He tells Theo that he is reassured that Rachel, the woman he had given the wrapped ear to, has not been permanently damaged by his actions. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They had what every story should have: action running like a fleeing suspect across the surface shadowed step for step by big risks and big emotions. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

One to shut down my thoughts, another to shut down my actions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But your reminder of my duties spurs me to immediate action.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rab had been shaken out of his usual nice balance between quick action and caution by his passionate desire for a good gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the students had forgotten everything they had learned about tetanus, and the lessons they had been told weren’t translating into action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guarantee you that dozens of politicians are on the phone right now demanding action and threatening anyone who will listen with hearings and investigations to make something happen.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They handed Grabarek a list of grievances on which they demanded action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody’s going to remember affirmative action in another twenty-five years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No example of his actions could be more pathetic or more extraordinary than this. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were incapable of concerted action on their own behalf. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was the best man in the group at evasive action, but had no idea why. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed clear that they both were going to be involved in the Army action. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Even if I could believe what he said, my actions today had surely ruined any favor Father may have felt for me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Action follows action, as in a prize fight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here, one must note that hatred is acquired just as much through good actions as by sorry ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Booth frames every action through the prism of the dramatic, a trait that comes from being born and raised in an acting household. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even the fretful Szilard could not have been unhappy with the pace of action that followed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had never been out of action that long in all his life. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But you’ve seen them in action,” Glenn said, now leaning against Chip s Chevy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Except for nights when he comes home with an action movie. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was determined to make Hamlet, by reasoned thinking, doubt his bloody course of action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He thought about his actions and his adventures, and about the journey ahead of him, and it seemed to Tristran that the whole business was suddenly very small and very straightforward. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to figure how those actions would help Clement in the black community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated this action for each empty space until the white-petaled flower was clearly visible against the dull clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He’d been in there almost two days when I began, and had completed almost three when I finished, and still no action. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faced with no crisis of action and with nothing to prevent them from continuing their life in the warren as before, the rabbits were nevertheless overcome by the conviction that their luck was gone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attention of civil rights advocates has been largely devoted to other issues, such as affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the era of affirmative action it became more and more difficult to distinguish the middle-class victim of social oppression from the lower-class victim. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lamphere could not have guessed how much the world would change in just a few short years—or that the Soviet Espionage Division would quickly become the center of the action for the FBI. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If Sarai had, in that moment, presented them with a choice, if she had stood proud and defended her actions, she might have won them to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On June 1, 1944, the division was reported ready for action. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There you are, sir. I thought you’d missed all the action.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s like, any time a human tries to break out and take action for him- or herself, the gods punish that person. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The scythes closest to him leaped into action, trying to stop him, but he kicked and spun, and sliced and flipped. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The thought twisted my core into hopeless knots, tight enough to carry me to a place where I could see only action, no consequences. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She is a very brave young fieldmouse. But for her swift action we would all have been under the heel of the tyrant today.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Never having seen a cyclotron in action and having heard tales of its difficult temperament, Bainbridge’s eyes widened. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And he said that the reason I was a beneficiary of affirmative action was simple: I was a Chicano. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, the master leaps into action,” Sammy said, puffing on his cigar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The firefighters can’t interfere with a scythe action. They’ll let the whole thing burn down. And as for the survivors, we have a wonderful public relations opportunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Until then, I guess I’m out of action,” he said dejectedly, “unless I learn how to steer a boat with my feet.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s light, you can carry it around easy, your wife, she could handle it too. It’s a double action.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all hands on deck, time for action. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I try hard to remember if I saw him once the action started. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

What enabled the selective “action” of hemoglobin in red blood cells? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Their plan of action formulated, the crowd left for City Hall. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in late March, black ministers from the group not only gave their blessing to the action but joined students and other activists on the picket lines. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, sound effects can be added to enhance the action or bring a fuller meaning or experience. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Or were his own actions as inexplicable to him as they were to us? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Teachers emphasize the value of a reflectiveness that opens a space between thinking and immediate action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter to her husband was returned unopened, stamped kit/led in action. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m to return to Moral Climates. I’ll file a complimentary report. Delay action for at least forty-eight hours. Say I’m investigating more fully.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pinned with Purple Heart medals for their wounds received in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I could tell them to hope until I found the basis of something real, some firm ground for action that would lead them onto the plane of history. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though he knew very well that in Lombard's past actions legality had not always been a sine qua non.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Cancer may sometimes require the complementary action of two chemicals, one of which sensitizes the cell or tissue so that it may later, under the action of another or promoting agent, develop true malignancy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When night began to fall, the Howards put their plan into action. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What campus officials had implied about them—through the policy of affirmative action—the students came to believe, seizing upon the idea of belonging at once to academia and to the society of the disadvantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian used Mark Antony’s actions to keep stirring up trouble. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

First food, because food made strength; first food, then thought, then action. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you want me to be a woman of action or, really, just your ideal Silent Sufferer? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right, then. I know I’ve been missing in action a little bit, but you better not be dating nobody without my knowing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The first reports on this action were most encouraging,” said Groves of the Gunnerside raid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then suggested that they could avoid fines and jail time if they asked the women to take an oath so that the women would assume responsibility for their actions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Shocked by my mother’s actions, I began to whimper, gazing at her with questioning eyes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank, Hazel, and Leo were missing in action. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For the game pieces, I used a bunch of old action figures I had found in the after-school toy basket. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Even though Bobby felt Paramount’s behavior was unethical and unfair, he took no legal action. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The actions for this rhyme are indicative of life and culture in India, and include motions that are both familiar and unfamiliar to children’s game songs in the U.S. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Claudette was still furious about Jeremiah Reeves’s plight when, on the first day of her sophomore year, she met someone who gave her the confidence to transform her anger into action. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The chapter on Sesame Street and Blue’s Clues looked at the question of Stickiness, suggesting that in order to be capable of sparking epidemics, ideas have to be memorable and move us to action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was old enough to be responsible for all her own actions, she was for sure old enough to use magic, right? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

You did not know 329 what he was thinking, nor what action he might be going to take. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he has to go, every pilot would like to be killed in action. It’s better than dying of the piles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer was a lead bombardier who never took evasive action going in to the target and thereby increased the danger of ail the men who flew in the same formation with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There is no broad-based movement brewing to end mass incarceration and no advocacy effort that approaches in scale the fight to preserve affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"My Brothers, the time has come for action," I shouted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One has to plan every action, however small and seemingly insignificant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could have thought clearly enough at that moment to formulate a plan of action, I would certainly have killed myself on the spot. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But dancing was the chief action at those “pad parties,” so I’ve no doubt about how and why my initiation into lindy-hopping came about. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a few days for the lawyer to take action, but he promised to arrange everything. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They swing their guns around, snap into action, but quickly relax when they focus on us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the crime that tipped the scale and made our hate not only just but imperative was his actions at the dinner table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After some searching, I found them rehearsing in the castle foyer, Hamlet directing their actions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then they had five minutes to leap into action, get dressed, and line up outside. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then I did a little planning and preparation and when it was nine-thirty I jumped into action. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He challenged the racial bias of these actions and the abuse of his civil rights. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear is A.U. one, two, and four, or, more fully, one, two, four, five, and twenty, with or without action units twenty-five, twenty-six, or twenty-seven. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Everything rested on the actions she would take today. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Bono was there rolling his belongings into a bundle, but his actions were slow and hesitant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They still weren’t seeing frontline action, but when a fighter pilot of the 586th was involved in an aerial battle, it could be fierce and grim. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now, once again, he was waiting for someone to tell him something; once more he was poised on the verge of action and commitment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, she knew, the most important battles for dignity, pride, and progress were fought with the simplest of actions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The agreement established an independent body to review police actions, created a mechanism to fence in the hostels, and banned the display of “traditional weapons” at rallies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three-two-three-point-four-four is the call number for ‘freedom of action,’ also known as liberty. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was no weakling and a good ratter, but it had the bad luck to be up against a dedicated fighter who was spoiling for action. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There it was: a reflection that wasn’t repeating his actions! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But something was missing in my imaginative efforts; my flights of imagination were too subjective, too lacking in reference to social action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Alec’s idea was much like his, and the only thing he could think to do was take action. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was viewed as a friend by protest leaders and was included in many strategy meetings, where he offered advice about how white town leaders might react to black demands and actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of Thorpe’s case, however, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new regulations stating that public housing residents could not be evicted without cause and could appeal the action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights advocates offered no balm for the wound, publicly resisting calls for class-based affirmative action and dismissing claims of unfairness on the grounds that whites had been enjoying racial preferences for hundreds of years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Confrontation through direct action was just not the Durham way. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I have to do something, and at least this feels like action. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We do not understand the long-term effects of our course of action. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Villagers ran from combat clutching small children as news anchors reported ever-growing numbers of Americans killed in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And, as a rule, to see him in action was to excuse him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He knew that if that fact had ever been in question, the question had been answered spectacularly by his actions of the morning. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dorus did not have a penchant for extremes, though, either in action or in nature. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The priest seemed to be asking for forgiveness, or explaining his actions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And to what extent have the battles over affirmative action distracted us and diverted crucial resources and energy away from dismantling the structures of racial inequality? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Alex remembered the gun and, instantly, without even thinking, swung into action. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he saw the blank regions that characterize helical patterns, he jumped into action, quickly spilling out several possible helical TMV structures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They broke into a run—bought bread at Reynaud’s and joggled Lee into action. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

America and its Western allies, in contrast, saw Stalin's intransigence as the actions of a new Hitler, someone bent on undoing all they had fought and died for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But by the late seventies the debate over affirmative action concerned itself only with the rights of white middle-class students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is clear from your actions that you do not respect me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The people in front of him began to part ways, to push to either side instead of toward the sounds of human suffering, and then he saw it in action. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a brief mention of the building, he turned to the action in Vietnam, emphasizing that the air strikes had been made necessary by the North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You can go back to sleep. O.K., Templeton, the soap ad will do, I guess. I’m not sure Wilbur’s action is exactly radiant, but it’s interesting.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

There be a lot more action at a cockfight than there is with rolling dice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fuchs was doing interesting calculations, but the real action was taking place in the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamá howled, her anger propelling her into action. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rest assured that we are taking this incident very seriously and will investigate this matter thoroughly with the Montgomery County police, and appropriate action will be taken against the perpetrators. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once again, in the wake of this tragedy, the police and the government took no action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day he met with other law-enforcement personnel, and they would map out a plan of action. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We hope, even at this late hour, that our first actions will awaken everyone to a realization of the disastrous situation to which the Nationalist policy is leading. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, he was a man of action who didn’t mind getting his hands dirty—literally. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He has, he says, three simple rules that guide his every action: “Take care of the customer. Take care of the customer. Take care of the customer.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was one of those cute awwww moments that Dog Squad always did right after its action scenes. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was saying that Trace Middle had decided not to take disciplinary action against Dana Matherson because of his injuries. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, there was no definite rule against talking to proles and frequenting their pubs, but it was far too unusual an action to pass unnoticed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be slipping away from me and I could find no quick absorbing action that would get it under control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Preventative measures are the bane of spontaneous action,” he said. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Those two actions effectively solidified the dominance of South Korea in the wig market. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were the actions of a man frustrated with the immorality of apartheid and the ruthlessness of the state in protecting it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Standoff Mark Antony, forced to take action, tried to engage Octavian’s forces in battle, but Octavian refused to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Paul wasted no time putting her plan into action. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A public that had grown up with news illustrations and hazy photo layouts was now treated to breathtaking action shots facilitated by vastly improved photographic equipment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Committees, studies and reports will not solve the problem. We want action and we want it now.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey. You need to learn only one thing more.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every pore was open to the action swirling around him, every vibration, every stirring, every cheer, every carnivorous roar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seven’s not a mistake, I love him to death, but Maverick made a mistake in his actions. However, all of his good and the love we share outweighs that one mistake.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to new Lady ’Stache Off with triple beauty action™, there’s also Lady 'Stache Off Organic with bonus buffing pad. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some white people in my city were so bent on maintaining segregation that no one was immune from their hate-filled actions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After five minutes, however, all four of us concurred: Hutchison’s decision to leave Beck and Yasuko where they lay was the proper course of action. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The action made the chupacabras arch his back like a cat and he hissed again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The knock on the door, Cecile ordering us to hide in our room, and her clearing away all evidence of us were not actions of a mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could no longer cooperate in concealing this information from the American people. I took this action on my initiative, and I am prepared for the consequences.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She seemed about to say something—to rally us, I hoped, kick us into action with some inspiring speech—but she couldn’t seem to get the words out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I did not want to believe that Hamlet could be so cold and remorseless in his actions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In this other room, there are the latest video game machines, like Microsoft’s Kinect video game console, which uses motion-capture technology to allow a person to interact with the action on the screen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Only reason I'm taking you to the Quad is 'cause I'm not gonna spend eight fifty on some karate movie or action feature about some outer-space somebody wanting to blow up the Earth." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And what was frightening was that the action was quite possibly unconscious. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All he could do was open his beak wide and raise it upward toward the sky, the action a simple admission that he was powerless. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When they did, they would still want to meet to discuss Sorrento’s suggested course of action. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Professionals are positive, action oriented, opened minded, poised, adaptable, respectful, self-regulated, empathic, organized, prepared, and collaborative. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My action . . . my—the painful word formed as disconnectedly as her wobbly smile—my responsibility? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke tried to anticipate the consequences of each action. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the Nazis seized power in the thirties, Hitler saw an opportunity to put these ideas into action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A good swing does not necessarily make crews go faster, except to the extent that if no one’s actions check the run of the boat, rowers get more bang for their buck on each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If the Keeper noticed Cole’s actions, she did not show it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“The white man sure is a devil. He proves that by his own actions.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

After giving him a week, I decided to take direct action and went up to the mine carpentry shop to see Mr. McDuff. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go get you some caulking,” he says, and hurries off to retrieve the sealant from his garage, obviously happy for an opportunity to put his Boy Scout training into action. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The summer of 1919 would see a rise in action by African Americans, fighting for equality in the face of widespread racism. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“People whose actions and beliefs went against the church or the establishment.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I had shoved something into my stick bag before leaving the house and was all ready for action. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched them, imitated them, puzzled over their actions, and talked about them all the time. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“People complain about the stupidest things. They don’t want to take responsibility for their actions,” Rindlisbacher says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This got him more action than even he knew what to do with, mostly in the handicapped row in the back, the one missing armrests. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom, she was always moving into action. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was coordinating the actions in different parts of the country, and talking by phone with regional leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he felt all of the muscles of his body contract violently, caught in a spasm of reflex action, and at the same time he felt his groin laved with warm water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had best prepare myself for action; the word is, it shall come soon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While his first instinct was to blame Hamilton for the whole sorry mess, Washington’s speech justifying the action could not be so easily dismissed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Affirmative action has been framed as a legitimate exception to the colorblindness principle—a principle now endorsed by the overwhelming majority of the American electorate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and concentrated while the children, inexhaustible in their willingness to repeat a rhythmic, rhyming action game, performed the round over and over again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Duke Valentino as his instrument and the French invasion as his opportunity, he achieved all those things that I discussed earlier in describing the actions of the Duke. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony tried to explain Phillips’s action by suggesting that “he is a man and can not put himself in the position of a wife; can not feel what she does under the present marriage code.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Your essay shows that a leader can lead with words as well as action." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toby started to scramble to his feet—he’d seen April in action before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After putting together all their leads, the Allies swung into action, with Britain taking charge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The officers on the base took action on the Major Major problem later that same day. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You only get action as a black man if you are regarded by the white man as “irresponsible.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cascade of perfect movements, with hundreds of brilliantly calibrated actions, coursed through the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“If some action is not taken, the citizens of this country will have to agitate for complete control of all radio broadcasting by the Federal Government.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had moved from thoughts to words, and now from words to actions. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou climbed on board, startling the sleepy guard, who leapt into action with his gun leveled right at her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As we head up the stone steps to Belvedere Castle, I’m kind of wishing we’d waited a couple more hours for the sun to set for some city glow action. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"I'm desperate to see your different styles in action." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A creative action shot, it showed a skydiver falling backward into a wide expanse of crystalline sky. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This law tells us that for every action there is a reaction which is equal and opposite in direction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rock might be angry about something that people did and rejoice over some other action, the rock might admonish people or ask for favours. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men carried a giant roll of bullets, like you’d see in action movies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She also believed in action movies, weight training, the power of makeup, memorization, equal rights, and the idea that YouTube videos can teach you a million things you won’t learn in college. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But in the revision, I want to get some action.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were too short and too brittle, but the action gave me something to do and I did not have to look at her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, he was tempted to challenge him but he realized that The Vigils had approved Carter’s action against Rollo. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with the new departments were often instituted ‘community action’ programs. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real action was on the gallery looking after inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The station chief, Mr. Lawrence Devlin, was instructed to take as bold an action as he could keep secret: a coup would be all right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We must fight—with words and actions. Not everyone agrees with Hitler and the Nazi Party," says Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not enough time. You’d have to cut trees; it would be dark before you were in action.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was soft-spoken, calm, but emphatic as she said, “Well, Lois, you’ve tried every polite and proper way of getting that job back. I think some sort of drastic action is called for.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that Ivory was an influential kid whose actions made a tremendous impression on his peers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young lawyer was on civil, if not close, terms with Durham’s older black leaders, but he labored under no illusions about their willingness to take bold action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the frightful descriptions we had heard about each other, all the violent expressions of hate and hostility that had seeped into us from our surroundings, came now to the surface to guide our actions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action swirls around me in slow motion. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once Mama had said to me that time is like a movie—something you watch real close wanting to catch every line, every action, every moment. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

We the Coalition take full responsibility for this action and will monitor developments and offer assistance to the fullest extent of our resources. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I thought the best course of action was to stay crouched down until the skunk scurried away, when I could give Stephanie all the privacy she needed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I suppose that I had blithely assumed that generals were people who charged around and “did” things; that they were men of action, men of the moment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It is no use to take an action to which the masses are opposed, for it will then be impossible to enforce. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He argued ceaselessly for economic empowerment, carrying along in his wake less progressive blacks who were still getting used to the idea of direct action for even social goals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could master most action titles in a few hours, and there wasn’t an adventure or role-playing game I couldn’t solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He felt that every word she said was a lie, every action concealed a threat, and every smile was a mask of deceit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After the speech, however, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel G. Foote, refused to take action. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Their actions had simply made impressions upon my sensibilities as I lived from day to day, impressions which crystallized and coagulated into clusters and configurations of memory, attitudes, moods, ideas. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In court, the suffragists argued that they had refused to stop picketing because their action was legal under the Constitution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In my life, I’d heard plenty of empty words coming from important people, lip service paid during times of crisis with no action to follow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Newspapers sprang into action, supplying readers with the information they craved. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She worried that if either action became routine, she could have a bad accident, spraining an ankle, breaking a bone, or worse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But it is probably not a coincidence that elite colleges have not yet turned this sentiment into action. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was watching the action, so absorbed that he seemed unaware of her approach until his white wolf moved to meet them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, Longstreet’s attack was virtually over before Early got into action. But Early made no progress and called off the attack very soon. General Johnson managed to capture some trenches. Casualties were, ah, light.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our lives were a series of actions twinned with “just in case” reactions. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The hen had not performed a single grandmotherly action all morning. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Owner’s old rusty brain shook itself back into action. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he was fairly close to shore he tacked left and started up the bay and within minutes they were free of any sea swell or wave action. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It concluded that Title VI does not provide a “private right of action” to ordinary citizens and civil rights groups; meaning that victims of discrimination can no longer sue under the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

King may have embraced direct action, but in the early 1960s he was still very much the product of his black middle-class upbringing, and he would occasionally lash out against stereotyped lower-class behaviors. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Under cover of darkness, the gangs ratcheted up the action. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

History had come full circle, and the main action of the Cold War returned to where it had begun: to Germany, and to Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Umkhonto we Sizwe will carry on the struggle for freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to complement the actions of the established national liberation movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone at the sherry party had wondered if the professor had seen my latest article on affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be the working base for an action program designed to eliminate the political oppression, the economic exploitation, and the social degradation suffered daily by twenty-two million Afro-Americans.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blade II...well, you have to like action movies to like it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a reflex action from my years as a beggar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Let me give you an example of the threshold effect in action. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Records from this era do not report whether or not this particular black serviceman had seen action overseas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

These were the actions I expected a simple woman distracted by grief might display. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There were a great many young people present, and they were angry and eager for action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had planned ahead to shoot Guiteau, and he didn't regret his action. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She missed her regiment and she missed the action of the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The sterilants currently being tested fall generally into two groups, both of which are extremely interesting in their mode of action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had to force himself to carry through every action: Now wrap your hand around the doorknob. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s all a muddle, but I somehow feel that if I went back to the root of our troubles, my actions would be at the heart of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Lorraine remembers the big words, and I remember the action. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s the vice president of somethin’ or other—some office they created when affirmative action was real popular. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can teach you how to use them, but he’s no good in action, so for God’s sake, don’t bring him along unless you feel like babysitting.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonarmen may have accounted for many reports.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was sure Clive Murray would like the action shot, since many of his pictures focused on movement. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Doughty grunted agreement, surveying the action taking place at the tables below—dice, cards, Makker’s Wheel, fortunes won and lost, and a delicious slice of all of it came to Rollins. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They made little progress on a course of action, struggling with the problem of whom to turn to and the possible reaction from the other colored residents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Natural Selection...is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I loved him because he made it plain, never mystical or esoteric, because his science was not rooted in the actions of spooks and mystery gods but in the work of the physical world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That might urge his disordered mind to action. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We of the ANC have always stood for a nonracial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart than they already were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To-morrow, at breakfast, we are to meet again, and, after making our conclusions known to one another, we shall decide on some definite cause of action. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she’d never seen it in action. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He spent hours in the back room of his house drinking whiskey and calling former friends in the Klan, trying to explain his actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gaur was one of the leaders and I watched him in action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The installations in the square see plenty of action as people are dragged in and punished for offenses so long overlooked we’ve forgotten they are illegal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, do our worst actions define us when we’re alive? Or do you think human beings are better than the very worst things we have ever done?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They include some very familiar nursery rhymes and action games appropriate for this age group. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur Richmond was serving under him in France and was killed in action. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I read it. I found it in her satchel and I intend to take action.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the elfin knights and soldiers had turned out, and they were standing in their battle ranks, ready for action if something went wrong. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

All the same, however, she went on with the action of tearing, as though the material were still in her hands; finally she lifted her hands and opened them as though scattering the fragments. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As this squirm-making instance illustrates all too well, the time to define your terms is in advance, not as part of a rearguard action. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had paid their money and they wanted action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished to comfort her, but there was no comfortable action I could take; I desired to console her, but there was no word that could be a consolation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is action before thought, and he deserves to suffer the consequences. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The harm white people suffer in the drug war is much like the harm Iraqi civilians suffer in U.S. military actions targeting presumed terrorists or insurgents. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But put aside two broadswords and two spears for our own use, two oxhide shields nearby when we go into action. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hearing the charges against her, Sophie said, “What does my death matter if by our action thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first they were a little shocked when they saw the consequences of their action; they had never lived in a dictatorship and did not know what it was like. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By afternoon, word had spread that a group of women had registered to vote, and many people disagreed with the election officials’ actions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At that moment it seemed that any action under heaven would have been preferable to standing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, on Tuesday, July 22, President Woodrow Wilson, who had been reluctant to intervene in what he chose to regard as a local matter, decided he needed to take action. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Then do something about it! Take action. You’re Arabs, help the Palestinians, then!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors in sterile white, masked and gloved, already prepped to operate, go into action. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"You do know there are other dances that don't involve all that booty action, right?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear a man with a British accent narrating the action. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

During this time, the government took another action that added fuel to the flames. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Or by inaction, or indirect action, allow harm to come to me or my companion." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Goethe,” he scribbled one day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every action worked against him and hurt him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I clasp my hands as if this action will hold me together. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Still other pesticides will be added as we include those whose action on living tissues or cells may be considered an indirect cause of malignancy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Such a course of action was necessary, and since princes cannot avoid being hated by somebody, they must first seek not to be hated by the largest group. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He insisted that the iridium had been deposited by volcanic action even while conceding in a newspaper interview that he had no actual evidence of it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Among the papers were news clippings, a letter to the press, and the unsent letter he had written on June 16 in which he justified his actions to the American people as “a political necessity.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Conditions were seldom ideal, for the delayed action release was unreliable. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me describe this stereotyped situation: A crime wave is sweeping a city and citizens are clamoring for police action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when both Philemon and Baucis had had to give up the chase panting and exhausted, the gods felt that the time had come for them to take action. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her I welcomed her decision, but that I had to warn her about the seriousness of her action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, some effort was needed, and he had to make many passes; but now, she seems to yield at once, as if by habit, and scarcely any action is needed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The city was, in the words of famed poet Carl Sandburg, “fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As late as January 1865, with the Confederacy in danger of collapse at any moment, not one of the conspiracies resulted in serious action against Abraham Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed it away from him, aware only that it was the memory of some action which he would have liked to undo but could not. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He tried to follow the action, but he kept thinking about the day he and James found the boxing and wrestling magazine on the street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other is lying like it doesn’t care on the branch, like the pelican doesn’t believe that actions have consequences—which he doesn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The speeches fired up the Klansmen, but as a secret society standing outside of the mainstream, with no well-thought-out plan of action, the Klan had little influence in Durham’s affairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After they had ridden twenty miles, the plan for the day was put into action. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A singing game is an activity based on a song verse, which has actions or movements associated with it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The signs and their removal were a regular topic of conversation among the women of West Computing, who debated the prudence of the action. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

On each of these screens, footage plays of the wild cards in action during some of their most popular in-game moves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your irresponsible and misguided actions have created in Birmingham and Alabama the atmosphere that has induced continued violence and now murder.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For months both Max and Bragg had been after him to work out the helical theory, but he had not moved into action. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Because Woodall had already received the newspaper’s money, however, this act was purely symbolic and had almost no impact on his actions on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mark mimicked his wary movements, as if any sudden action would trigger the budding insanity in those who watched their every step.They inched closer, weapons held firm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The town believed that Henry’s action was just the fiery nature of youth, let alone a Sutpen, and that time would cure it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted you to know that im deeply sorry for my actions I think about what happened every second, I pray that you heal correctly & that you recover and live a happy life. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry shouldered the Firebolt and he and Ron walked out of the shadowy stadium, discussing the Firebolt’s superbly smooth action, its phenomenal acceleration, and its pinpoint turning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But then I took control of myself; such an action would be unwise and irresponsible, not to mention dangerous. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even like action movies, which Pa and I are openly fine with since she will ask you ten thousand questions during a movie, even if everyone is seeing it for the first time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My response may sound harsh, but I felt responsibility both as a husband and as a leader of the struggle, to be as clear as possible about the ramifications of her action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights activists have created a national movement to save affirmative action, complete with the marches, organizing, and media campaigns, as well as incessant strategy meetings, conferences, and litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what was happening, nobody seemed to know, but I was not about to miss the action simply because I was a child. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action, sniffed the conservative Morning Herald, betrayed “an unbecoming and uncooperative spirit.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing pulled back the latch, and, holding the door half open, stood back, having both hands ready for action. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Walter Cronkite didn’t read off the names of the missing in action, so Lieutenant Baker was never mentioned. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

This was a risky action for a doctor in a town where political action by blacks was rare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth loads his gun for one last shot, still plotting his next course of action. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Father trusted my judgment enough to let my action stand. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The black-faced man opened and closed his mouth in a kind of chewing action. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Again Bigger felt that his actions were not logical, and again he fell back upon his feelings for a guide in answering Max’s questions. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“His actions appear to have been impulsive, immature, and unpremeditated. He did make a big mistake and recognizes that. He asked for our forgiveness.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Verbs. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence that forms the main part of the predicate in a sentence. To run. To sprint. To dart. To dash. To scuttle...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely the Cong. Union will not gain converts by such undignified actions. I hope thee will call it off.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Shackleton had hoped by setting out across the ice to enliven the crew and focus their minds on action. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They could not fathom its material form, its physical or chemical structure, its location within the body or inside the cell, or even its mechanism of action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She will fling herself to the road and roll neatly away like a spy in an action movie. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My action spoke pretty clearly, so I don’t hide my reason. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I found out about the Law Society’s action only after it had been initiated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one had seen a gene in action or knew its material essence. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But they also ran a study in which almost every sentence referred to a concrete object or action: A newspaper is better than a magazine. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My actual godmother, who was standing by the door, also wanted in on the action. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But Burnside was a stubborn man, determined perhaps to show action and confidence where McClellan had shown hesitancy and uncertainty. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They vary greatly in their action on the organism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The introduction of a new meaning for descrobrir implied a radical shift in perspective and a transformation in how people understood their own actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I prayed for Lieutenant Baker, missing in action somewhere in the jungles of Vietnam near Khesanh. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“She simply must have her own tent. We’ll put the seats in a ring or something, keep the audience right in the middle of the action.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen Horace’s peculiar talent in action until, one evening, he began to scream. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The reconciliation that the Committee of Thirty-Four suggested would have allowed the police to organize and stated that if the police called off the strike, there would be no disciplinary action taken against their leaders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He rushed forward, leaping into action before the man could begin to process what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But the tube failed on the day that Crocker came out to the Rad Lab to see it in action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to stop and help, but I could tell from the smoke and noise that the real action had moved farther south. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mere thought that these avenues of action were open to him made him feel free, that his life was his, that he held his future in his hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A marksman is a marksman in any medium, and the time of action is upon us.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Annie seemed equally surprised by her action, because she pulled her finger back so quickly, Luke swore he’d hurt her somehow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Billy started firing at us all, work ing the pump action quickly back and forth before each shot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lips pulled back in a grimace, Bast drove the man’s head viciously into the mahogany: once, twice Then, as if Bast’s action had startled everyone awake, chaos erupted in the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When 1 am once again whole, I shall visit those factory people; I have deep and abiding convictions concerning social action. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very newspaper that the actor had once hoped would print the letter explaining his actions is instead portraying him as the most terrible man on earth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

After watching all the scientists on television hype about the rover, I actually had a rare opportunity to be so close to all the action. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

What Jack Franklin thought he saw in his mind might have justified taking lethal action—but what he saw was not the way things were. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But I doubted that lying was the best course of action. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No way!” he exclaimed when I told him that Dusty Muleman was back in action. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And now the scene, their slow and deliberate gathering actions, broke apart insanely as the two men began to pelt Linda and the five children in deadly earnest, aiming their rocks, trying to murder them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried back to his office to determine a course of action. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I take responsibility for all my actions, III take all the consequences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It could be considered conspiracy, I guess, but even conspiracy has to include a first step, and that has to include some action, not just talking about a crime.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

After each one came the interval of the queerly whispery chuckling noise that was The Brain in action. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The platform stood directly at the fifty-yard line close to the stands so that each kid would see everything and wouldn’t miss any of the action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That means we have the right to choose our own actions. If you choose to break the law to help someone else or keep someone from harm, then it's justified." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get a chance to start on the subject again during class, and as soon as the bell rang, I took evasive action. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It is a willful action. To slip into passivity and allow a poison to do all the work is an embarrassment to who and what we are.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The morning was physically tiring, but the nervous strain, the fear that my actions would call down upon my head a storm of curses, was even more damaging. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water rises through the clay to meet it, but cannot proceed further because the sand is too loose for further capillary action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Adverse implies hostility or opposition, and usually characterizes a thing or an action. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't worry much about Starry—she's good at protecting herself—but I like watching her in action. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was concerned that the Communists were intent on taking over our movement in the guise of joint action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would do well to take it seriously. Its actions may determine the future of this city.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ve written to Wylan every week since he left your household, begging him to return. Those are not the actions of a man who doesn’t care for his only son and heir.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Afterward there will be some chatter and recapitulation of what went on; nothing though like the action itself and the beat that pumps the heart. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches her for a moment before copying her action himself, sinking into the center of the room alongside her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or is life so filled with random action that the very notion of caution is futile? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

No more sitting around, waiting for someone else to take action. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was halfway to second before McNab jolted himself into action. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Words of a brave man, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Mr. Trellis. It's clear your actions might have prevented additional violence." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now Uncle was a proud man, and it had probably taken him most of last evening and this morning just to work himself up to this point where he would make excuses for his actions. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The time of action is upon us, but I remain ambivalent as to what action I should take. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you think a person is as bad as her worst actions?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Standing here on the platform was not a reasonable course of action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Major Byrd wanted a drummer for actions up the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“A man,” Pris said distantly, “of action. Too bad he’s so poor with his hands, doing mechanical things.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“To act reasonably, one must judge actions by their consequences,” Ellsberg wrote in his doctoral thesis. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“This is a scythe action. You will not intervene,” he said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Transvaal batch of volunteers was scheduled to go into action at midday at an African township near Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I informed the authorities that I planned to contest the action and would prepare my own defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His actions had been so deliberate and yet so wasteless of time that he came to the house while Mrs. Tiflin was still ringing the triangle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the Battle of Manhattan, Nico had seen him in action - the camp’s best combat medic, risking his life to save wounded campers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When a messenger came to wake Lera and told her it was time to take off, she leaped into action. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But Herrick’s Flash messages made Ellsberg feel almost as if he were watching the action unfold. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

How paltry and mean my actions sounded, even to myself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not even funny, having a mom who gets more action than I do. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Consequently, in order to understand how Sapiens behave, we must describe the historical evolution of their actions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down and opened my blank notebook to a random page, hoping the action would inspire an end to the conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At last, action, physical action, something you could see with your own eyes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of their first tasks, Doss told me, was to draw up an "earthquake and volcano hazards plan"– a plan of action in the event of a crisis. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My attacker’s actions changed the way I looked at older men, and at male relatives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The two other officers, one of them from my class, held their hands off their sides as though they expected action any instant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Complaints about the water and its link to yellow fever increased with each new visitation, until action was finally taken in 1799. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Voices pop about the room. “...like an action movie. Boom.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When this book went to press, they were contemplating class action. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of his calm demeanor, calm voice, he was charged and surcharged with a will to action, a readiness to take and enjoy any desperate chance. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly, this is no hour to be at ease but an hour for positive action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His neighbors did not find his action hasty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was to sneak among them, learn what was going on and decide the best course of action. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t so much in our actions but from the fact that most of the tension that I’d carried with me to Nebraska had been washed away by Mrs. Baxter’s green hose. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At six, the massive presses would roar into action, rolling out 200,000 copies of the Times every hour. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Fine. I’ve seen you in action, working the bus line.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since there was no official way to help reunite families, everyone had to figure out their own course of action. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The birth order myth is an example of the FAE in action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to defend his actions because it was very terrible.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I was not made to be a resigned man and I had only a limited choice of actions, and I was afraid of all of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, tell me then, Bernie. Do you think there’s any possibility an apparently random action like this could have serious consequences?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surprise attack—at dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941—killed over twenty-four hundred Americans and put most of the Pacific Fleet out of action. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The actions set in motion by the little hammers were then translated back up through a series of rods that led into the man’s torso. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Do I need to review with you again our plan of action?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The shy-looking man with the liver splotches on his neck spoke with a bold directness and eagerness for action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

An action shot required perfect timing and careful handling of the camera, so Fadi had suggested that Anh use a tripod. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She loves romance and I prefer action movies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I need good action shots, so no pressure. You’ll be great.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

From his post on the homestretch, Smith watched Seabiscuit’s action and gritted his teeth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And above all, a prince should strive in all of his actions to achieve the reputation of a great man of outstanding intelligence. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The vomit, which was an eerie blue color in the moonlight, had its own wave action, sloshing back and forth over everybody’s boots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We need a plan of action, come on! Where haven’t we looked? Let’s go through it again. The orphanage...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This is one reason that affirmative action programs are so controversial. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I arrived at the church full of anxious energy, as though I’d been sent through time from some disastrous future to this moment, when my actions still had weight and my thoughts, consequences. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

By the time I got my balance and was ready for some heavy action she was wagging her finger at me and going out the door. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Massasoit had kept Tisquantum in a kind of captivity since his arrival, monitoring his actions closely. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was an action shot—women’s volleyball—and Martha was bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked on preparations for mass action in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viewed from this perspective, affirmative action no longer appears entirely progressive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Over the following centuries, their descendants would develop those terminal narratives—stories about the end of Indigenous peoples—to explain and justify their actions. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was just another one of die “liberal North” actions that didn’t help Harlem to love the white man any. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, on July 25, there was a lull in the action and our units were able to regroup. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had counted on the silence of a child, confused and embarrassed by the actions of a trusted adult. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Oscar Danilo Blandon, the so-called Johnny Appleseed of Crack, may have been the instigator of one ripple effect, in which by his actions a single person inadvertently causes an ocean of despair. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be strong and confident in my actions, and that was exactly what I did. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

What Cohen and Nisbett were seeing in that long hall was the culture of honor in action: the southerners were reacting like Wix Howard did when Little Bob Turner accused him of cheating at poker. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When jellyfish tentacles brush a surface, even faintly, they spring into action. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was a rustle as the masters each took some small action, exchanged glances, raised eyebrows, shook their heads. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The general consensus was that some action must be taken, and Dr. Majombozi proposed forming a Youth League as a way of lighting a fire under the leadership of the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bet there’s more action on my street than in Cab Calloway’s show at the Regal Theater on Saturday night. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Well, then Shady knew he had to take action. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

All at once, he seizes on the sculpture and the suddenness of the action makes my breath catch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“When the action isn’t successful they hold up all the medals.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For all the fine speeches about equality, the actions of a powerful few spoke much louder. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m starting to think it’s time for more direct action. I wonder how you get into the school kitchens?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If I can ask only one thing of the American people, it’s this: Please, do not let my actions influence your decision in November. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt agreed that those issues should be settled in advance, but no action ensued. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my hair against the glass like the tank was a genie’s lamp and the action would stir up some magic. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Others, not quite so benevolent, believed his actions had let down a community where the role of black leader was a precious, almost sacred commodity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stern’s expertise was the action of magnetic fields on atoms and subatomic particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fadi had suggested using a fast shutter speed to freeze the action as it came into view. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The first day that Francie came home from school and reported that she sat next to a girl who had bugs walking up and down the lanes of her hair, Katie went into action. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In actuality her head was crystal clear, but it would do no harm for the enemy to believe her still out of action. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

After he heard all of the arguments as to why Bobby should be released, and judged that the RJF members were committed to their cause, he went into action. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to be killed in action, Dad?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you throw something at someone else, it’s usually not a considered action. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The wind and the prospect of action excited him and he spent some time with Dandelion, Hawkbit and Speedwell, pretending to be a cat and encouraging them to attack him as realistically as they could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reed finished wiping down the Executioner and began applying drops of oil to its moving parts, working the action a few times. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You were getting a little carried away with the slice-and-dice action.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was pleased, but well aware that they had taken this action while I was in Europe in order to undermine my call for sanctions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a need for money—albeit a temporary need—could have encouraged this course of action. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Such boldness had to be handled properly; he might be able to do something with the factory workers which would make Myma look like a reactionary in the field of social action. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel empowered and I kick her shoes out of alignment, and I’m amazed that such a small action could feel so good. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed that her actions had evoked fear and shame in him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cylinder, like the piston of Newcomen’s steam engine, has a number of valves and inlets which open and close with the action of the piston. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Classes were over for the day, of course, but that was the time when a lot of other action got started. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was the matter of Chester’s clumsiness and Cora’s incomprehensible action. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She has been seen twice in your custody and I will be forced to take formal action against you if it happens again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

White racists-—whether or not they belonged to the Ku Klux Klan—-had through their actions and their rhetoric developed a strong incentive scheme that was terribly clear and terribly frightening. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He felt like a garbage pail for the actions and hatreds of other people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might seem like a nerd, he once told me, but he saw himself as “an action kind of guy.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Through sheer willpower and self-belief, you summoned up all your magic and demanded it take action. And, my dear girl, it heeded your call.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Red, realizing he had been duped, started through the crowd, which now was milling about in an agitated state with some people pressing forward toward the action and others fleeing from it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often a writer needs to steer the reader’s attention away from the agent of an action. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Bring us two chairs poolside, so we can be closer to all the action.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Every action echoed down the line behind her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then some god, his familiar, went into action with him round the hall, after us in a massacre. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not lie, cheat, or steal and will always be accountable for my actions and deeds. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like the hero of an action movie, Jule West Williams was the center of the story. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This route comes with an incredibly long waiting period, but it’s the only course of action my family was able to take. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Repent. Say that you are sorry you sat at the foot of the human king. Say that you are sorry you allowed the human princess to touch you. Say that you regret these actions. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the Church filled my life, I grew to the assurance that my life, my every action and thought, was important for good or for bad. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was having a hard time knowing how much Loo was in control of his actions, and how much he was just very, very young. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I know I’m an independent person, and I don’t feel I need to account to you for my actions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Brother, that was quite a speech you made. I heard just the end of it, but you certainly moved them to action . . ." "Action," I said, "action —" "Don't be modest, brother," she said, "I heard you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is interaction even between the two major groups of insecticides usually thought to be completely distinct in their action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Speaking figuratively, they were soon chronic alcoholics, men who lived by violence, through extreme action and sensation, through drowning daily in a perpetual nervous agitation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many times I grew weary of the secret burden I carried and longed to cast it down, either in action or in resignation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone, therefore, who examines in detail the actions of this man, will find him both a very ferocious lion and a very shrewd fox. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have never hoped to be anything other than what I was to you then, and what I am to you now—the First Son, yours in actions and words. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

No amount of such action on his part or ours could bring others to the same persuasion. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, when the sound of Om reached Siddhartha’s ears, his slumbering soul suddenly awakened and he recognized the folly of his action. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words and actions of white people were baffling signs to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they resisted, they were to be conquered by European military action. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall fear no challenge. I shall fear no sacrifice. In all my actions, I shall be beyond reproach.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, and Fisman spoke up: “No, the real me is the me revealed by my actions. That’s what an economist would say.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the marines had first arrived at Da Nang, the orders had been clear: “The U.S. Marine Force will not, repeat will not, engage in day-to-day actions against the Viet Cong.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She walked in the castle garden with her companions, dressed in the white clothes of a novice, and there was a clumsy action in her walk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Comrade Deputies," he shouted, "I must report to you on aggressive actions against the Soviet Union in the past few weeks by the United States of America." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kote and Bast watched for a moment, then moved smoothly into action. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was almost too scary to watch but I kept looking since I knew there was going to be some real big action this time! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took, however, only a few minutes of listening to Rosy to realize that her determined mind had set upon a different course of action. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“This action closes a chapter in the American experience.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Patterson had me bogged down in some kind of investigation, and I wasn't supposed to talk about anything until he had outlined the clearest course of action. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was all, and it brought them round to action. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry Potter is always where the action is at. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After a time, there was no feature but the sand, corrugated with the action of the tides. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

No formal disciplinary action has ever been taken against a Japanese sumo wrestler for match rigging. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He understood that his thoughts contradicted his actions; he had long since accepted that. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

However it had happened, Jason was elated to see their old friend in action once more. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The teacher gave no instruction the entire period, except to applaud the actions of a man who, in broad daylight at an airport, killed a manacled criminal suspect accused of molesting the man’s son. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed the relationships he had formed with the white establishment and did not want to jeopardize them with political action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If our actions had damaged our family in any way, I would never forgive myself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen a lot of action, but enough. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leukemia may occur as a two-step process, the malignant change being initiated by X-radiation, the promoting action being supplied by a chemical, as, for example, urethane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“When I want mountains made out of molehills, when I want to legitimize their puerile actions by paying attention to them, I’ll let you know.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Heard prejudice can affect your thoughts, actions? Whether consciously. Knowing. Or unconsciously?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her actions that she had gotten the scent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemingly without any action of the wind, his fair hair was rumpled all over his head. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ben saw his eye depart from the center of action, he stepped backward, like a caboose uncoupling from another car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If so, they didn’t make it public. The last press report only said that VanQuish is considered missing in action and that all details surrounding the investigation are confidential.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Why we do an action is what determines its quality. A quality action or not.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The Union army had never caught him in action—he was a river ghost to the boys in blue uniforms. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her actions weren’t those of a hunting hound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and again, there was a passage of much talk and little action, and then I came to myself and began copying feverishly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was time to put it into action. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a breathtaking moment, for in one sweeping action he had virtually normalized the situation in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time seemed to crawl, as if all the action around me was happening in slow motion. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Old Sutic, who had been dozing against a wall nearby, stood as if to intervene, but before he could say a word, the Handsome One took action. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But my father only read me the action stuff, the good parts. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed my best course ol action would be to return to my home and act as though nothing untoward had occurred. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy survived to go home, even though the Gallup Independent reported that he had been killed in action. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You all bring up excellent points. What we need now are suggestions—a plan of action. Where do we go from here?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Ah, the young fieldmouse with the magic soup! Nice to see you, Cornflower. It gets lonely up this end where there’s no action.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And indeed, it was when the enslaved Africans began to speak—in words and in actions—when Europeans began to see them as human, that the Age of Sugar also became the Age of Freedom. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the public’s view, Lincoln's killing had been a rare event, perpetrated by Confederates enraged about the South's defeat in the Civil War and fearful of Lincoln's actions in the aftermath. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The action of the play closely resembled recent events at Elsinore, but I could not discern its purpose. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Another glyph, u-kahi, turned out to mean “by the action of.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry felt that nothing but action would assuage his feelings of guilt and grief and that he ought to set out on his mission to find and destroy Horcruxes as soon as possible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gravity involved action over a distance, something impossible according to the mechanical philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When King started the 1956 Birmingham bus boycott, Moore had urged his friend to take the action nationwide, but King was not prepared to lead a mass movement at the time. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one had an abortion without regret, she thought; abortions were an action of last resort, when there was no better option. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I also took a look out the window to see if all the perverts were still in action, but the lights and all were out now. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps others were thinking the same thing, but he was the one who took action first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"If my actions will cause a race riot, you had better grease up your muskets,” replied the independent Austin, "for I am going back Monday to pursue this cause.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guys were shouting from the bleachers for more action now. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was obviously upset by the action being taken,” said Donald Coffey, one of the NSA men who carried out the job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘Here we seem to see the “solitude”/“solicitude” error in action. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yet drastic action was suddenly taken against them, under the end-justifies-the-means philosophy that has too long directed the control divisions of our Department of Agriculture. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Their actions were motivated more by a desire to eclipse the ANC than to defeat the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Mr. Rhodes assumes no responsibility for his actions, we have no other choice but to send them back to Florida.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She's pleased to finally have a district with a little action going on in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or should we encourage disadvantaged groups to struggle for equality through collective action? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

One observer compared his action to a duck waddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brinker Hadley could compose his Shortest War Poem Ever Written The War Is a bore if he wanted to, but all of us had to take stronger action than that. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not such a one, Hamlet, for think with what haste you wedded me yesterday. I hesitated, and you spurred me to action,” I said, hoping to divert him to thoughts of love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Especially when our actions affect other people, like our families.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The journey itself was her positive action, her destination vague, unimagined, perhaps nonexistent. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I had taken some action when my mother left. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Wait, did she just use me to justify her traitorous actions? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He loves the feeling of losing himself in the action, the same way he feels when he reads his brother's Karl May adventure novels, which are also set in America. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

That nation has committed itself to a war against us and has earned our swift and sure action. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Think, my son; your action will determine our future. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her first course of action was to march to the asylum and demand that her children be turned over to her without any official mumbo jumbo. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brave, aggressive men of action like Colonel Cathcart left him feeling helpless and alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She walked Victor off the field and the action resumed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirit of mass action surged, but I remained skeptical of any action undertaken with the Communists and Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet ticked off die corps so far identified: five, counting the two involved in die first day’s action. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That little word somehow put her into action. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But if you listened, really put conscious action into listening, things began to sing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Well, I guess Dad finally decided to stop “giving me some space” and start enacting a plan of action, shall we say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He could see he was right when the man began shouting orders and the soldiers in the trucks sprang into action. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t feel this let Reggie off the hook, because his action didn’t have theoretical consequences but actual ones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Crouched in the undergrowth, he mentally rehearsed his plan of action. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My spirits were so disarranged, my nerves so clamorous in their confusion, that no course of thought, speech, or action presented itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sheer number of actions and reactions it’s taken to form our solar system, our galaxy, our universe, is astonishing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was an action that rightly evoked praise here and abroad, and I conveyed my appreciation to Mr. de Klerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Gehrels, an asteroid hunter at the University of Arizona, thinks that even a year’s warning would probably be insufficient to take appropriate action. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He liked to look at the action of worms in different types of soil. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here it was, spring break, and she was on the moon, where there was all this meg action, and she was there without friends. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet if there really is a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the action don't come, it'll be another five days before you can get back on your street corner and start waiting again. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The time for words has passed. We want action...,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I really and truly didn’t want to sit there and watch the live action as my mom got disappointed in me, so I went back to class. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was always my problem; I wanted to be onstage, close to the action, but without having to say any lines. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The economy now can be thought of as an entity which responds to actions by central banks; we call that monetary policy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“He told me here in America,” Bien recalled later, “they got some bad action.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of the careful, determined movements down the maze corridors, his actions are rushed and out of control. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As people read the leaflets, they were spurred into action. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could see in the action of Estella’s fingers as they worked that she attended to what I said; but she did not look up. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, they do say our every action and inaction is related to some primordial fight or flight hardwiring.... Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time, to simply walk along the pristine Inner Harbor or go see the Orioles in action without understanding that all of Baltimore is not downtown would be equally misleading. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Olena came at me and just as before, I used the same action to score, ducking to avoid her blade, leaving Olena unable to get her light on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now and then he snorted, to clear his nose, and by the action seemed to plug it tighter. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only action had been to open his mouth, but he could make no sound, and would not have known what to say, even if he could. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And her parties, and their vigorous libel actions against national newspapers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kelton shushes me, and I know why—the distressed voice of a girl is a bleeding wound in a sea of sharks—but I don’t have time to formulate a better course of action here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed through the crowd to get closer to the action, at the same time trying to spot Needles and Noodles to make sure they were okay. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I decided to send my medal for being wounded in action to Kenny. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action took place in a sunny, lackadaisical way, with long lags between riders. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For answer, Lionel secured the headstrap of the goggles between the big and second toes of his right foot, and, with a deft, brief leg action, flipped the goggles overboard. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The armored personnel carrier drivers were there to take them farther into the jungle and warned them about the intense action they’d been experiencing. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

What gulf of years stretched between him and that other time, what deed of thought and action, what difference in temperament? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria, where spectators wolfed down the local variety of lamb-based hot dogs and gurgled bottles of 2 percent Icelandic beer, the action on the stage was discussed vociferously. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Often, my task was to iron out differences in areas that were about to launch actions or had recendy done so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing would be accomplished by such a foolhardy action. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

McKissick’s first chance to join in a collective direct action against segregation came in 1947 while he was attending law school at North Carolina College in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also pumped the clutch and the accelerator, hoping that the action would speed our descent, and wonder of wonders the motor started again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest pup, whom Miyax called Sister, lifted her head, saw her favorite brother in action and, struggling to her feet, followed him devotedly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkins fired up no one, but his qualified support for direct action did convince some of the older black businessmen that what the students were doing was legitimate if not necessarily advisable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t remember, and besides it was impossible to know what action might later be construed as a crime. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Photographs of the children show a sweet if sober bunch who seem ready at a moment’s notice to swing into action with brooms and dishcloths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Shavuot had come and gone, and Anya turned twelve and became a bat mitzvah, which meant she was responsible for her own actions and had to answer for consequences as a result of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had been inspired by press coverage of kids their age taking part in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and protest marches, and they wanted to be part of the action. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any Muslim would have known that my “chickens coming home to roost” statement had been only an excuse to put into action the plan for getting me out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like the Red Cross springing to action to save the bee queendom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second stage was envisioned as mass defiance, accompanied by strikes and industrial actions across the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph turned his attention back to the stage and was quickly swept up in the action. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At least these people are taking action rather than sitting and waiting for someone to save them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was violating regulations, but I hoped the warders would be so surprised by the novelty of my action that they would do nothing to stop me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They kidnapped me in Rome. They drugged me. I got away as soon as I could. I'm so happy to be back. I just hope I can find support for my actions here." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Making this happen will involve taking risks, particularly a willingness to change our attitudes and actions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Oliver’s departure was one of the most well-planned and fortunate actions ever taken by the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immigration. affirmative action, multilingualism, ethnic diversity—my state of California was among the pioneers of these controversial policies and is now pioneering a backlash against them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever things got tense, whenever there was a prospect for action, he’d do that snapping thing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose to be fined nine talents and six. Does any master oppose this action?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This action may result from minute doses often repeated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And it sent federal examiners to counties in the South and elsewhere “where past experience” had shown that federal action was needed to register all eligible voters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was capable of complete relaxation between the times for action. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I looked behind me and there were still more, standing against the walls, erect and silent, as though steeled to go into action at any moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Christmas, we continued our preparations as if every action, every minor addition to our stores might make the difference between surviving, and not; after Christmas, we waited. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I know that feeling—and I realize that I can save him years of future therapy by one simple action. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I jerk into action, aiming my left fist where I know it will hurt the worst: at the bullet wound in his arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although the majority criticized Welles and his program, others urged against government action as punishment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Her actions were quite controversial back in the day.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And who knows who else will pay for my actions? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A third sat in a snowdrift, playing with two live moose like they were action figures. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I continued to speak out in opposition to affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why is it, I ask you, that in some men, thoughts of action never move from the head to the hand?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I realize that. No disciplinary action is intended, I am sure.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Corkhill called witnesses to testify about Guiteau's actions before the shooting, his attack at the train station, his arrest, and the president's medical condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The C.D.C.’s actions effectively stopped the importation of monkeys into the United States for several months. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the action on the board began to grow tense or complicated, the boy would grow more pensive and often have to kneel on the bench to get a better perspective. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What crime would call for such terrible action? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the main action in a sentence takes place in the present or in a future tense, the verb that follows after is in the simple present: I start dinner after the guests arrive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the strange ship was close enough for the lookout to see her colors, the guns were cast loose and ready for action. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carter had been waiting for a moment like this for months, his hands itching for action in the storage room instead of sitting there week by week as Archie played his little cat-and- mouse games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The organ player, a plump man who scrambled to keep up with the action on-screen, appeared relieved when the love scenes came. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over time she showed me who she really was, a forgiving friend, faithful to the truth, brave enough to take action. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fish would eat them, or eat what they could, and the feeding action would bring more fish. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The constable was not amused, and the gentleman was fined for slanderous action against a lady of the town.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m addicted to action/adventure/call-it-what-you-will, in any way, shape, etc. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nigel, always ready for action, leapt up and seized the big jug of water. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She has been one of the most vocal on the council arguing for action against Kronos’s minions. If she is absent, the gods will decide nothing. We will lose another year of war preparations.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The action was unprecedented; no one had ever seen stewards treat a trainer with such blatant distrust. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He challenged me with the line that had pushed Phelan to action on the flats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The buzzing occasioned by his action would not diminish for years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Along with other congressional Republicans, Garfield came to oppose the actions of Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finn remembered a day in the third grade when one of the Rude boys had accused Finn of stealing his Swamp Thing action figure, and the boys had jumped Finn during recess. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

You are listened to with respect and yet your connection with them is no longer so tight but that you cannot possess considerable freedom of action; even if the action is somewhat unorthodox.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Because I'd spent more than two years and all of a war feeling that myself, certain that my actions had caused the death of someone important to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Munich students weren’t stirred to action, as Sophie had wished. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One action of his would spring from another in such a way that, between one and the other, he would never give men enough time to be able to work calmly against him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

With the furor over police repression in Birmingham simmering, and the flush of excitement generated by Malcolm X’s visit still lingering, the students pressed for immediate action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t very interesting, and while the grown- ups’ attention was diverted, I decided it was a good time to take action. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could see only two courses of action: he could give up and do nothing, or he could start to work on a different kind of movable light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated Archie, he loved to see him when he was swinging into action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he needed proof that this was a necessary action, it greeted him that morning at the steps of city hall. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

No one outside of the Negro community could imagine the profound effect this action had in killing the Negro’s hope and breaking his morale. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, his actions are not regulated by law or by any clearly formulated code of behavior. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In view of all this, we must ask, to what extent has affirmative action helped us remain blind to, and in denial about, the existence of a racial undercaste? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The PAC at the time appeared lost; they were a leadership in search of followers, and they had yet to initiate any action that put them on the political map. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People only get the things they want when they’re bold and take action, right?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope. Unfortunately there’s often a deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action. And as unfair as it is, after a few days any story becomes old news.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If they granted Westmoreland’s request, Americans killed in action would likely rise to one thousand a month. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What is this assumption that the hungry are free all day to drive around visiting “community action centers” and charitable agencies? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The predictable response is that civil rights advocates are as committed to challenging mass incarceration and other forms of structural racism as they are to preserving affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They probably don’t think they are bad people, but their actions make them bad. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After years of threats and insane posturing, it’s Fox’s early cancellation of Bunker that provokes North Korea’s supreme leader to action. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Here’s a thing about me: I regret most of my actions five minutes after the fact. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I know what I’m responsible for, I know all the terrible things I’ve done, even if I don’t remember the details—but I feel distanced from those actions. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the masculine principal in action, and women responded to that. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Racing, a sport whose sustained dramatic action was ideally suited to narration, became a staple of the airwave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really the only reasonable course of action, but by saying it first, it helps to move me a few inches closer to a position of leadership. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stood rooted to the spot, paralyzed, in thrall to the action before my eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hundred hours of community service she had been given for her actions were nothing compared to the way people pretended not to stare when she walked by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But what differed was that talk was no longer sufficient, and the idea of taking action went from a wish to a reality. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, just to start some kind of action, I began copying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to see you in action, to see if you are radiant.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Against this backdrop, diversity-driven affirmative action programs seem to be the epitome of racial justice purchased on the cheap. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then the entire rotunda seemed to explode into action as guards rushed to their posts and commanders began calling orders. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sadly, after surviving their ordeal in the Antarctic, several of them were killed in action, among them McCarthy and Cheetham, two of the most cheerful and well-liked members of the whole group. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The neighbors on the Cliff, doubtless concluding that one of us had fallen down and had had to be destroyed, watched our actions through binoculars. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like everyone has divided into camps, all with their own theories on what course of action to take. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I lie there with Mango for a few more minutes and decide it’s time for action. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Here was another chance for our men to get up and halt the Klansmen's mean actions. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t believe them until I saw it in action myself,” he said, then folded one of the pages back and held it up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He did the actions Jenny had trained him to do; no more, no less. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Instead of positively showing what a black woman could do as city manager,” the politician wrote, “Abigail Caldwell’s inept and incompetent actions have set back racial progress at least thirty years.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By Old Dan’s actions I could tell he understood and wanted to help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “action” of a gene is described in mechanistic terms: genes encode chemical messages to build proteins that ultimately enable form and function. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The Secretary of War regrets to inform you that Luke Maynard was killed in action on February 16, 1943. Further details will be forwarded to you as they become available.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were well-equipped men with an organization to back up their actions, and he himself was a loner with one stupid deputy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that because of the government’s actions we had taken a more militant stance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they got their names and numbers in that book, they were missing in action and probably dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His invocation was brief and punchy, and for a second I thought we were getting back on the high road to right action. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The explanation why such actions were ascribed to the most majestic of the gods is, the scholars say, that the Zeus of song and story has been made by combining many gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the action on both sides was like a circle that went around and around, never ending. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the main action went into a lull, sporadic sniping would break out: bow, lance, sling and spear all coming into play with deadly effect. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Henceforth, all of my actions and plans on behalf of the ANC and the liberation struggle would become secret and illegal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to Forks that I now exiled myself — an action that I took with great horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By their spontaneous action, the Greensboro students had forced the Durham leaders to scrap their plans for cool deliberation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lapp said, “Gerald G., accept our humble apologies, also our lack of couth; we will kibbutz, I mean kibitz, on the action no longer, we promise to keep it down to your dull roar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached Dorothy’s, he sprang into action while the others hid behind a car several houses away. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Porters leap into action to help rich passengers with their luggage as we exit the train. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was generally agreed among the old guard that these were troubling times, but aside from raising objections that were repeatedly dismissed, no one took action. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t intended as a call to action in nearly the same way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Your actions contradict your thoughts—you’re dragging us through this maze because you believe this prophecy needs to be enabled—and by that logic prophecies can also be broken—prevented. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The deck of the Astrea was alive with action—men running to secure battle lanterns—to loosen the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as far as your story goes, Alex, his action—his horrible, disgusting action—was just an aftereffect of yours. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

One of the women was killed in action—but the other had a row of medals by the end of the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In light of Hurd’s portrait, Revere’s work as a silversmith hardly explains these attributes and actions, natural as they seem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Giebel had been the only person acting out of character in the quest for crazy-quilt expansion, it would have been more difficult to excuse or explain his actions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not think of this course of action as suicidal, but as another gallant gamble of the sort he was accustomed to winning. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The action came naturally, even though I had smoked just once or twice over the last several years. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I threw my duffel back over my shoulder and we headed toward all the action, my face feeling like a bright star. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“As I just said, we sent him a letter. I had hoped he would show up tonight so we could work this out. If he doesn’t respond, we will take further action.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a sign of how desperate I am for information—and action—that I go to the control room with Zoe later that morning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

To Jess and the boys, his stories were like scenes out of a thrilling action movie. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

What could ac-count for an action so apparently contrary to his best interests? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not need to defend her actions in the woods that night; no one had the right to call her to account. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A second ambiguity occurs, as here, in discussing historical events which don’t quite count as actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fact that we received this incredible honor confirmed that indeed we had taken the right action by moving forward through this dangerous task. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My hunger was so strong that I did not think of the consequences of my actions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to take more responsibility for his actions. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her actions are jerky, and the silverware clanks against the china. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The mass action consisted of strikes, demonstrations, and boycotts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkerson begins the paragraph by stating that the actions of her protagonists are universal, but she does not rest with that generalization. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Or at least there’d be the option of a little side action,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His father was a man of action; he did his best to ignore the unseen world that the sages worked in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the state offered a settlement in the Moss case, Karen Gievers suggested to the Courters that they accept it on my behalf and continue mediations in the other two actions, which they did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“With every passing day, Watergate was circumscribing our freedom of action,” Kissinger, the one person unscathed by scandal, later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Our elite universities would whiten overnight if affirmative action suddenly disappeared. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A man with a brave tongue should support his words with courageous actions.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One climber’s actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He passed by the superhero action figures, remembering a lot of them from Saturday morning cartoons. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Then let folks keep their quarrel with Bill. Matt has two or three sons in the Union Army. Why should he and his family suffer for Bill’s action?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action opened in Watertown, which was painted upon old linens; General Washington stomped out from the wings, his jacket ill-fitting and crude. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Toby threw himself back into his seat, an action that he knew made him look like a kid having a tantrum. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At all events, plate tectonics not only explained the surface dynamics of the Earth–how an ancient Hipparion got from France to Florida, for example–but also many of its internal actions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had to take action and do things to stay sane. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Whether Thread knows I left the district today or not, I realize my course of action must be the same: to get back inside the fence unseen and pretend I never left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Modifiers can add comments on the time, place, manner, or quality of a thing or an action. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Have results of bombing actions been as fruitful and productive as we anticipated?” asked the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And yet these privileged protesters did not allow their actions in support of maintenance workers to be blurred by the other contentious issues of the day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was on record as being opposed to affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, he found out I still played with action figures and he never let it go. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now his actions make him even more foreign to them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The point is to have our people sign. The point is to make an action together. Signing a petition will draw us together. It’s a kind of official beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not super relevant, considering I get no action. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

One group in particular decided to take action. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He's at something of a disadvantage because most mentors have a partner, another victor to help them whereas Haymitch has to be ready to go into action at any moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That action, and a related suit against the ice cream parlor brought by Moore, sparked a six-year battle to integrate the parlor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to admit the injustice of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

While not really an apology—indeed, forces beyond his control had dictated his actions—this was at least a major concession. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And now, with new Lady 'Stache Off’s triple beauty action™, you can moisturize and self-tan while you rip that unsightly hair from every pore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Yet their actions seem to have single-handedly started an international fashion trend. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The action of one has an equal and opposite reaction on the other. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If, however, something destroys this enzyme or interferes with its action, the person exposed to malathion receives the full force of the poison. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The effect of a chemical of supposedly innocuous nature can be drastically changed by the action of another; one of the best examples is a close relative of DDT called methoxychlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Secondly, that you are guilty of actions and works which infer a court with the devil, which have caused illness and death to fall upon many innocent children in this town.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Conservative politicians who embraced this rhetoric purposefully failed to distinguish between the direct action tactics of civil rights activists, violent rebellions in inner cities, and traditional crimes of an economic or violent nature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Livening up the action of the Lonesome Highway: two roadside memorials, with plastic flowers and photos of a dead woman and a dead man, killed in automobile crashes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I know all that. I’ve studied it. The gains are drops of water and time is passing. I want it faster, I want action—action now.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was increasingly annoyed by the fact that the white students who complained about affirmative action never bothered to complain that it was unfair to lower-class whites. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of his personal treasure chest, which is full of his action figures, Lego sets, and collection of obsolete computer parts Dad has given him, there’s a fancy-looking high-backed chair and ottoman. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary is better, not just because of the double D alliteration action, but also because Diary reminds me of the name Darryl, so at least I feel like I'm talking to an actual someone. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I think of all his many actions as a rescuer, big and small, it is this one act that first comes to mind; I think perhaps because it demonstrates such extraordinary compassion. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower understood that allaying the public’s concerns required concrete action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He mapped out a careful plan of action; he did not want it said that he had done all the things he had and then had got caught stealing a three-cent newspaper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hanson’s aggressive actions made him an overnight hero, hailed by newspapers across the country as “the man of the hour.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Just my luck to be the one looking like a dork in the action photographs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was on the way to the bathroom to get a good shot of bourbon or something to steady my nerves and help me really go into action. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the ANC annual conference in Bloemfontein, the organization adopted the league’s Program of Action, which called for boycotts, strikes, stay-at-homes, passive resistance, protest demonstrations, and other forms of mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first action of Alice Paul's new National Woman's Party, the organization that grew out of the Congressional Union. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was answering them, not with words, but with one decisive, unanswerable action. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Aside from following the action in the ballroom, Bobby liked the analysis room. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I think we need to get one thing straight: You're the action heroine. You lead." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Disqualify myself from the profession as long as affirmative action continued? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compton was even more infuriated to learn that the army had invoked his name to justify its action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Take action now, they warned white homeowners, before property values fall. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And so Butler went against his training, screaming like a demon and utilizing the most vulgar combat actions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But it is an elementary truth that the full significance of his actions was hidden from Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Firstly.—We must differentiate between what he did in London as part of his general plan of action, when he was pressed for moments and had to arrange as best he could. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But that’s so elementary. Newton’s third law. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On this night against the Abilene Eagles, he gained forty-six yards on ten carries, and his return to action earned a single paragraph at the tail end of the Odessa American account of the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually Emma’s brain worked as fast as Finn could move, but now she wanted an extra moment to think, an instant to figure out the consequences of every action. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

More like looking at what actions can show about their insides from the outside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We had all these tanks,” said Scruggs, “and we had artillery we could call in around us because we thought maybe we would have more action in the next day.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Wells set the action a few years in the future—in the early twentieth century. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I explained that what the State had done to him was illegal and that we could pursue a civil action against them, but he had no interest in that. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I told the crowd in no uncertain terms that apartheid had no future in South Africa, and that the people must not let up their campaign of mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Shadow’s dream, with the power of dream-logic behind it, the obligation seemed unarguable: he drank Wednesday’s mead three times, and sealed the pact—what other choice of action did he have? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

No municipality in all of America had ever taken such draconian action. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They are offered as conversation starters—food for thought, debate, and—I hope—collective action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anaxagoras was brought to Athens by Pericles, its leader in its time of greatest glory, but also the man whose actions led to the Peloponnesian War, which destroyed Athenian democracy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wrote King expressing support and urging him to turn the action into a national nonviolent protest movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actions performed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Slowly, like I'm watching my own actions in a dream, I close the door again, and it shuts with a whisper of a click. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There is the part where you choose every action so that it doesn’t hurt the one you love, even indirectly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jule blurted: “Tell me, do you think a person is as bad as her worst actions?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I admit I judged Papa poorly for his actions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And she strode past Harry and sat down in the tent entrance, bringing the action to a fierce full stop. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think we would have talked about creating affirmative action programs for women in the music world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This narrow approach to social change is reflected in the justifications offered for affirmative action, most notably the claim that “previous outsiders, once given a chance, will exercise power differently.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The big ranger was half a legend in the Watch, a man of slow words and swift action, tall and straight as a spear, long-limbed and solemn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Family disruption wasn’t caused by incarceration, in other words; it was caused by actions of the individual that resulted in incarceration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in his actions, however—at that time—that indicated serious problems or advanced neurosis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

An Army photographer took some photographs for the action file, and as the flash went off she thought, God, I would be wearing a hair cap. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our meals, our actions, were only a shadow of what had already happened there, a lagging ghost of where Mr. Pirzada really belonged. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It had always been action, heroics, defense, competition. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He believed blacks had to improve their own self-image before they could initiate successful mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the news crew didn’t walk around the building, and so as far as I know, there is no video footage of the Reston action. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madison wanted to take slavery off the national agenda because he believed that decisive action would result in the destruction of either the Virginia planter class or the nation itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The new organization wasted little time putting Vivian’s message into action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Where were the initiated who, attaining Atman in sleep, could retain it in consciousness, in life, everywhere, in speech and in action? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the late 1930s, Beadle and Tatum reasoned that isolating the actual eye pigment of a fruit fly might solve the riddle of gene action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But his melancholy soon turns to rage as he learns that his actions are not being applauded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He said that I had been outmaneuvered and paralyzed by the government’s actions, and now in desperation I was resorting to revolutionary language. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am very sorry for my son’s actions,” she said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As they say in Ekumenical School, when action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Prisoners were required to do manual labor in very difficult work environments or face solitary confinement or other disciplinary action. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Meade had ordered every soldier to action, even the Provost Guards. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A little less talk, a little more action...Let me see you try...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. And Gandhi’s dead. Are there many like you who want action?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not understand this action—the height of evil. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Children from the slums were easy enough to entice away, but eventually people noticed, and the police were stirred into reluctant action. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of action where there’s a scene of the crime, a sequence of events with anomalies or gaps you can see, and empirical proof laid out on a white-clothed table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I credit the children’s action for the success of the effort. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout my years of education, only Ms. Gruwell took action to help me with my learning disability. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose to be fined ten talents and six. Does any master oppose this action?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When a column of riders appeared from the west, the guardsmen sprang into action, shouting commands and moving the carts and foot traffic aside to let the knight enter with his escort. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Our house was a combination three-ring circus and zoo, complete with ongoing action, daring feats, music, and animals. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that I didn’t lie because I was too proud to be caught and forced to admit that I was capable of less than Olympian action. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What solely concerned them was that affirmative action limited their chances, their plans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have argued particularly against two government programs—affirmative action and bilingual education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was in the army, like Mom. He went missing in action. In Iraq.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I walk on with Sophie through the kitchens, past the human servants I am not saving, aware of the futility of my actions. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the moment of astonishment, Gawaine took the lead and forged into action. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the action was cut off by a loud wrenching sound from above, followed by the groan and squeal of hydraulics. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When a guy like that gets promoted to Executive Vice President of Urine Gunning, immediate action must be taken. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For this base action Zeus himself punished him: he sent him to Lydia to be a slave to the Queen, Omphale, some say for a year, some for three years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can see, quite clearly how every action has a consequence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the RJF Committee members returned to Iceland, they worked full-time arousing their parliament’s interest in the case, warning that if action weren’t taken quickly, it would be too late for Fischer to receive justice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the crowd was impatient for the action to begin. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all of the sons of the founders were implicated, although none of them knew concretely what action they were plotting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her father was certain that taking action in the schools and the education system was the best way of changing the escalating pattern of violence in the country. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the other, knowing he was about to meet his favorite action heroes—Duke, Nala, and Scruffy—also terrified him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was seven forty-five and the plan was in action. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was when I first began to perceive that “white man,” as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily it described attitudes and actions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, masked and veiled men and women crowded onto the terraced ledges, stamping their feet as the action proceeded below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But this Underland river looked like something out of an action adventure movie. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher, through word and action, conveyed the message that if this was my idea of an identity, she wanted nothing to do with it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Dactyl Hill Squad let a single second of silence past before jumping into action. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We hope we don’t all end up in the wards before we see some action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the one performing the action isn’t even mentioned: Hermione has been arrested. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All social behavior and actions are conducted in the order of seniority or ranking; as the saying goes, chanmul to wi alay ka ita, there is order even to drinking cold water. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The time had come to take action, and he was ready. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” he said, putting juice into the words, letting them all know that he was fine, great, ready for action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor should any state ever believe that it can always choose safe courses of action. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

No chains fastened Cora’s misfortunes to her character or actions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "file and forget," and I can neither file nor forget. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That event marked the beginnings of King’s commitment to nonviolent direct action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I like your action shot,” I tell Levi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were using his having killed Bessie to kill him for his having killed Mary, to cast him in a light that would sanction any action taken to destroy him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He never did trust Mama again, though, never did perch near and watch her at work, tipping his head side to side as though he were learning her actions. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

If the agreement was not renewed, Mark Antony would automatically lose his power as head of the eastern part of the Republic without any action or force on Octavian’s part. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We were also committed to extensive affirmative action measures in both the private and public sectors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sky Witness may have thought that Mutal was becoming a dangerous neighbor and decided to take preemptive action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Through our attorneys, we notified the minister of law and order, the commissioner of police, and the regional commissioner, warning them of the impending attacks and urging them to take the proper action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like the fact that Bull did that stupid, reckless act of turning away from the town before he punched out, an action that cost him his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secondly, I didn’t think the Pastor would be too keen on a man who spent his evenings cruising our city’s parks for same-sex action. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Action will be taken, you may be sure. Some sort of action. Quite soon.” said Doon. said Lina, and they turned to leave. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first clumsy physical action I had ever seen him make. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this juncture, Armstrong felt what was needed was a man of action. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Professor Z. K. Matthews was the man we wanted to lead us, but Z.K. considered us too radical and our plan of action too impractical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the actions of all men, and especially of princes, where there is no tribunal to which to appeal, one must consider the final result. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am really amazed and sore because of your action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A tiny error in judgment or a speck of delay in deciding on a course of action might mean the difference between safety and calamity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And I agree with Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When it became clear that nothing of the kind was forthcoming, I took more direct action. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Rab did not immediately spring into action to make a good show of his industry before his master. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is to say, there is no subterfuge implied in such an action, and I for one had no intention of overhearing to the extent I did that evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Let them “release,” Jack would say, directly from your action. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry my actions have displeased you. I did as I thought best. Do I have your leave to go?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The first player, the one with the large belly, nodded with vigor and rubbed his hands, ready for action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The feeling of resentment and the balked longing for some kind of fulfilment and exultation—in degrees more or less intense and in actions more or less conscious—stalk day by day through this land. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The actions of the moribund foxes were those of animals poisoned by chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth sprang into action, collecting money, winter coats, wool sweaters, gloves, hats, socks, and blankets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When each of those action units had been mastered, Ekman and Friesen began working action units in combination, layering one movement on top of another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To be clear: this is not an argument that affirmative action policies conflict with King’s dream that we might one day be “judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I kept replaying each point in my mind and thinking what actions I could have done differently that might have changed the outcome of the match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The woman had had a child, and her boyfriend did not want to marry her; she was seeking to institute an action against him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor asked Govan why, if he admitted many of the actions in the four counts against him, he did not simply plead guilty to the four counts? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She considered what to do, what action to take. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. I was still rolling, so it’ll be a good action sequence.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When I walk out, I find a softball game in action. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He did not know how much he would tell about the ugly words of Guy Wortman and the others who were ready to believe that Matt Creighton was a Copperhead, because of Bill’s actions. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physicists of international standing were showing up in Berkeley to see the marvel in action and contemplate what they might accomplish with a cyclotron of their own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He would have to put one of them out of action in no time at all and then go straight for the other, who would be that much less unprepared. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lungs were compressed like a bellows and each time my breath returned I yelled, punctuating the rhythmical action of the nodes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing before my friends, my classmates, and a pretty fair chunk of my town—a town I plunged into a lot of hassle with my stupid, thoughtless actions. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A specified delay, required by law, between taking an action and seeing the results of that action. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I lay awake for a long time, thinking of the plan and the dangers involved in putting it into action. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harrison Smith, gently guiding the witness, said, “I will ask you if, after July, 1950, you observed any change in the personality and habits and actions of your son, Richard?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington newspapers call him the war’s ultimate villain and note that any “kindly feeling” toward the South or its sympathizers has disappeared, thanks to his actions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ironically, it was because of what I was so well taught in the classroom that my unease over affirmative action deepened. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deliberate and thoughtful, he had an ability to study each situation before choosing a course of action. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I will put my plan into action before daybreak tomorrow morning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Any disciplinary action would automatically become part of his permanent record. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m having a hard time getting used to people calling my actions normal. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then the action feels like it slows down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"Yes, no positive action. No arsenic to obtain and administer—nothing definite—just—negation! And Rogers hurried through the night to fetch a doctor and they both felt confident that no one could ever know." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Please, don’t let my actions send us backward. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In principle I heartily agreed with this, for I knew that it was impossible for working people to forge instruments of political power until they had achieved unity of action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all action and reaction, the way her lips were salty and she tasted like root beer. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She jumped into action, getting me to the wagon with John’s help. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some little kids were in the store, examining the new Spider-Man action figure, seeing what it could do. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They approved his action, but they said they wanted the oral agreement with the Army to be put in writing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the animated action was displayed on ten wedge-shaped high-definition video screens—as luminous as any sports arena’s scoreboard. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once in the Oval Office, Bush stayed on message, opposing affirmative action and aggressive civil rights enforcement, and embracing the drug war with great enthusiasm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We were totally prepared to take some action, against what my friend Cleo and I both saw as tremendous unfairness in the world. So that’s what we did.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are water blasters, modeling clay, action figures, handballs, scratch-and-sniff erasers, and Legos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Never had he had the chance to live out the consequences of his actions; never had his will been so free as in this night and day of fear and murder and flight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then perhaps he was a man of action? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her actions did earn her a one-week suspension from the school, but the nineteen-year-old had endured far worse penalties in the past and had no regrets about the incident. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of Annabelle’s struggles, the sense that she must apologize and atone for other people’s actions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Yet each action had to be weighed carefully. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Professor’s actions were certainly odd and not to be found in any pharmacopœia that I ever heard of. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Shouldn’t we direct scarce resources to battles that are more easily won, such as affirmative action? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she helped file a class- action lawsuit that won a lot of money for the victims. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He waved his arms; and it was action, he was doing something. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

King himself would have almost certainly endorsed affirmative action as a remedy, at least under some circumstances. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even after publicly voicing objections to affirmative action, I accepted its benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By supporting Moore, and, more importantly, by endorsing his new tactic of direct action, Austin would soon have an impact far beyond Durham or even the borders of North Carolina. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Depending on a person’s life experience, they saw Reggie and his actions in slightly different lights. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But though this explanation makes sense on engineering grounds, he said, it doesn’t make the long-ago actions of the moundbuilders any less mysterious. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever complications arose in his lordship's course over subsequent years, I for one will never doubt that a desire to see 'justice in this world' lay at the heart of all his actions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lemonade thief has hit the roustabouts where it hurts, and they’re prepared to take action. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Eifler flew to Washington, wondering what he could possibly do so far from the action. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlin and everyone else around him were confused by this action. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

On April 23, 1889, Buck Duke took the single most important action in his dynamic career. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Do I even have lungs, or is this just a remembered action? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was a plan, a whole plan, just begging for Nick to put it into action. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy from District 1 was the first person I knew would die because of my actions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had scolded Ifemelu as a child for being recalcitrant, mutinous, intransigent, words that made her little actions seem epic and almost prideworthy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Any attempt to take decisive action against slavery in 1790, given all these considerations, confronted great, perhaps impossible, odds. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For eighteen years, his off-and-on actions have made an impact in my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A KGB technical crew drilled a pinhole into the ceiling of his living room and photographed him in action. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For decades, civil rights leaders have been saying things like “we all want a colorblind society, we just disagree how to get there” in defense of race-conscious programs like affirmative action or racial data collection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

White students in the seventies frequently complained to me about affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the razor’s edge of right and wrong that texting and driving played at the time; it seemed possible to view Reggie and his actions through different lenses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A. F Hill said, at Lee’s elbow, “General Heth’s surgeon has examined him, sir. He says he ought to be all right, but he will be out of action for a while.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long duration of its residues and the effective insecticidal action make dieldrin one of the most used insecticides today, despite the appalling destruction of wildlife that has followed its use. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

His questions helped us turn our confusion to energy, to action. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoever did this has no value for human life, and whatever statement they’re trying to make is lost by their evil actions.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The squirrel was airborne, and time swung back into action with a vengeance. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The men in the white suits went into action. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Framers of the Constitution, like most North American colonists, lived at a time when Indians were large presences in their lives—ones that naturally influenced their ideas and actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Diversity-driven affirmative action, as described and implemented today, sends a different message. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This action was taken purely on my own and my methods were highly unorthodox. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday, March 16, Nixon decided it was time to put his Madman Theory, conceived the previous fall, into action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She would create a story to try to integrate events, actions, and feelings into one structure — a process that is a critical part of a child’s mental development. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, having summarized all the Duke’s actions, I would not know how to reproach him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He has given so much to me, and because of his actions I want to give to others, and hopefully someone will follow after me and the cycle of hope will continue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One woman’s actions on a single bus eventually led to the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We are responsible for the actions of those we bring here, especially children. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His actions were smooth, precise, as if he were dealing cards at the Crow Club or picking an easy lock, but his rage felt hot and mad and unfamiliar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying my best course of action right now is not to have cheated in the past.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig’s hopes of action were fulfilled almost at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is now known that many pairs of organic phosphate insecticides are highly dangerous, the toxicity being stepped up or “potentiated” through the combined action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At last, three long days after the assassination, he could read about his history-making actions and how they were reported to the nation. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t clear what kind of an action it would be, but certainly something big was going to go down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a dreadful thought rendered him incapable of action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped it and pulled back the action. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two hours of daylight remained, and he was eager to see those attack dogs in action. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, on a vast scale, I had an opportunity to observe Bigger in all of his moods, actions, haunts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend to understand, but in the dictionary it says “go” and “going” mean action, moving, and lots of other things like business transactions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Prior to the campaign, the ANC was more talk than action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still and unobserved as the action unfolded beneath her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His actions weren’t his own, but his thoughts were, and as he moved to grab Minya by the wrists, he was surprised to find himself conflicted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As far as Shin was aware, the teacher was not disciplined for his actions. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dr. Rhodes said there would be an investigation and that disciplinary action would take place if the administration saw fit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The average African, I said, was still cautious about joint action with Indians and Coloureds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say the very rich have too much power, and they favor the idea of class-based affirmative action to help those at the bottom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, this is not an argument that affirmative action should be reconsidered simply on the grounds that it is “unfair” to white men as a group. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Such areas were usually invisible to the press, and the government used their inaccessibility to veil the cruelty of the state’s actions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never agonized over his actions and he was never suspicious of people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. T was busy helping someone else, so he wasn’t going to see me in action. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Allen had already seen a lot of action. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen enough action films with my brothers to know that sheets were the go-to item in that situation, but I couldn’t think. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Their first action was to get their children out of the house and into the street safely away from the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Defeated in Atlanta by Sherman, he spends much of the rest of his life justifying his actions in the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one followed me and I wandered the streets amazed at my own action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoiling for more action, it wanted to shut down the spy networks then and there. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The ants were, together with the New Yorkers, an abstraction, a live mobile, an action painting, a piece of found art, a happening, a parody, depending on the light. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably did not take much for Mark Antony to determine what was best for him and what course of action he should take. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later on, she suggested a possible date for the beginning of this action —the Fourth of July. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe, but watching Kim and Adam in action, I almost feel happy, too. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am willing to say I was glad they were scared, for it prevented them from taking action. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

"I've seen him in action, and what he does is establish a pattern and really tackle it!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And his crimes had been meager things, the actions of a naive boy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The University of Michigan law school, like many elite US educational institutions, uses a policy of affirmative action when it comes to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Hers were the actions of someone who wears hats, scarves, and shades to keep from being recognized. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At our meeting, we told him that we intended to organize a Youth League and a campaign of action designed to mobilize mass support. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Reggie was coming to terms with his actions at the time of the accident, there was plenty of reason to think the plea was just expediency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She talked about books the whole night. I felt like I was out with you and Mary Anne. But later on the old mover sprang into action. She was inexperienced, but Casanova was very gentle.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the crucial moment where I either challenged the Capitol or went so crazy at the idea of losing Peeta that I can't be held responsible for my actions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In view of the scientific evidence of the vast biological potency of this chemical, the action seems a minimum safety measure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am unalterably opposed to this course of action which, in my judgment, is an aggressive course of action on the part of the United States,” Morse said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I wear them only once, Westley, and I burn to see you in action.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their actions were merely the symbolic manifestation of their deeper desires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But the “action” of a gene—still a vague, mystical concept—intrigued Beadle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He agreed that there were times when a person seeking justice might need to take action that could land him in jail. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Law enforcement officers generally have no personal resources to pay damages to victims of misconduct, so the city, county, or agency that employs them is typically the target of any civil action that seeks compensation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

While I was more than willing to give testimonials for my comrades, I did not want to take any action that would heighten the bitterness between the ANC, the PAC, and the BCM. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had the Sunday night broadcast ended than the demands for government action began. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jammed up in the forward peak, where the water and wave action had taken it, was a plastic bucket. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d interrupt a bout and push one fencer to the side so he could demonstrate exactly how an action was done. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His action was little more than a faint gesture, but it meant that Kurtsinger had to either slow down or commit to the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Planting rice now has become an automatic, physical action, requiring no concentration. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of springing into action, they all sank down next to Mom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I'm just taking a break from the filming. We're shooting in the museum, actually. Lots of cameras and lights...and...and...and...action," I say, fumbling for words. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The white racist is bewildered and angered by such an attitude, because the dignity of the Negro’s course of action emphasizes the indignity of his own. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his actions are recognized as skilful, they strike men much more and bind them to him more strongly than does antiquity of bloodline. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She told herself that her actions had been motivated by love for her people and her country. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The action on the switch is graded,” I said quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Today’s action will be inspired by what she sees on the road ahead of her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Montgomery bus boycott that precipitated these events, like the sympathetic action it prompted in Durham, shocked most whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the late 1960s nonwhite Americans clamored for access to higher education, and I became a principal beneficiary of the academy’s response, its programs of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The issue was the position which his action had put us both into. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening phrase has to be attached to whoever or whatever is performing the action. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the human beings she was surrounded by, believing in a squirrel seemed like an increasingly reasonable plan of action. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Of course, the Klan opposed any changes in the status quo, but the Durham unit engaged in no actions in this period. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every action, reader, no matter how small, has a consequence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Because a verb expresses action, it has a dimension that other words lack—time. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he has lied to law enforcement. .. and he has hidden behind an attorney, he will not have any consequences for his actions as he is now on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I consequently felt a bit sheepish about my actions and I withdrew the complaint. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any GOPers still backing Richards after his actions toward a member of the First Family—and, now, this week’s rumors of sexual predation—are going to have to reckon with their Protestant God tomorrow morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Firing at Fort Sumter was a key catalyst action of the Civil War. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“But I think you’re both wrong. People are nouns, actions are verbs. Apples and oranges.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While that was going on I was curled uselessly in a ball with my arms over my head and my teeth clenched, so I missed a bit of the action. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They demanded that the sick be moved and the corpse be disposed of properly—and they threatened to burn the place down if action wasn’t taken quickly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to impress upon the court that we had not acted irresponsibly or without thought to the ramifications of taking up violent action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scanned her brother’s room: books, old art projects, a few binders of ordinary baseball cards, and his action figure of Hermey the elf. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“In spite of our troubles and losing sleep the whole party was in good spirits, for, at last, we had exchanged inaction for action,” Worsley remembered. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Negative liberty,” he said, “is the freedom from external obstacles or constraints. An individual is free in this sense if they are not physically prevented from taking action.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was the picture that drove them to action. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“We need a plan of action for this egg drop competition,” Dari said once they’d finished with the lab, and I startled at his voice, at the sound of reality. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She chopped and mixed and moved so quickly that I couldn’t always follow what she was doing, but every action was confident. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In 1878, he started Chicago’s first black newspaper, the Conservator, and called blacks to action: “We are no longer slaves. We intend to act the part of free men.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My action was not prompted by the current allegations being made against her in the media. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister snaps her fingers at a servant, and the woman springs into action. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Remarkably, affirmative action passed as a program of the Left. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the summer of 1942, a group of courageous University of Munich students took action when they heard about the plight of the Jews. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The city's action was a crushing blow and many people simply drifted away from the ECC. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What if by not second-guessing our actions we end ourselves?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It only happens when all eight oarsmen are rowing in such perfect unison that no single action by any one is out of synch with those of all the others. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He enclosed an old press clipping to prove that she had been legally informed of the divorce action by publication. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else had been treating him like a glass vase, but Percy . .. well, he seemed to figure that if Jason was on deck he was ready for action. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All of these he attributes to rebel action. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That part is awesome, reminds me of big action movies. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Although the National Executive Committee stated, “Our emphasis still remains mass political action,” Umkhonto was referred to as the “military wing of our struggle.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moore’s actions, however, threatened to upset this delicate balance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie stood facing her new friend by the table they had just abandoned, people around her whirling into action. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were those who, in spite of repeated disciplinary action, would glean people with specific ethnic traits. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He thought the hour for action had emphatically arrived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning I was almost like an automaton, thought- lessly performing the actions that would keep me alive. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To solve this immersive three-dimensional version of Zork, I simply had to perform the exact same actions required to solve the original text-based game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had seen cats fall clumsily from windowsills and then walk off as if nothing undignified had happened; this, Miss Lumley realized, was her wisest course of action. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He laughed maybe cause it sounded like I was in an action movie or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I disregarded him and addressed Aucamp, saying I had taken this extraordinary action because our complaints were being ignored. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first films we saw were silent, black-and-white Hollywood action movies and westerns that were even before my time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small Bob the saber-toothed crouched and snarled, ready for action. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a large, parklike hilltop with a wandering path lined at intervals with information boards describing charges and last-ditch stands and other confused, noisy action. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The city’s emergency broadcast system, which was supposed to swing into action during a crisis, did not go on the air because "the Sunday-morning staff did not know how to operate the equipment." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Convince me that I am not my actions. That doing something bad doesn’t make me bad.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘I’m still a little fuzzy. But did you . . . promise Kym an action figure?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even in an emergency the council was supposed to appoint a committee to determine a course of action. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was watching an action movie by myself. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Franklin wanted to put slavery onto the national agenda before it was too late to take decisive action in accord with the principles of the Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Talking it out hadn’t helped, screaming it out hadn’t worked; it was time to take action. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now let’s talk about his actions, shall we? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I knew that the action that he had called for was in fact a noble one; he believed that Africans should help their Indian brothers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The SS Einsatzgruppen used code names for the executions, calling them “special actions,” “special treatments,” “cleansings,” and “resettlements.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You are part of a chain of events, though you may not see how your actions will affect the outcome at the time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Oliver had resolved that the ANC had to appear more independent, taking certain actions unilaterally without the involvement of the other members of the alliance, and I agreed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also makes community healing and collective political action next to impossible. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our so-called colorblind society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure—the structure of racial caste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every day Johnny knew what orders were given to the Tenth and he knew other boys and men and women and girls were as carefully watching the actions of the other ten regiments in Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times I started bringing the hatchet down, but I couldn’t complete the action. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Holocaust survivor Renee Firestone reiterated my point by telling my stu-dents, “Don’t let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all Germans were Nazis.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In exchange for the list and—if necessary—myself as sacrifice, I have already made Jack and Hoagland agree to keep her clear of any action or trouble. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He meant to stop at the wedding on his way to New York and endeavor by every means which money and love could devise to atone somewhat for Edna’s incomprehensible action. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since words didn’t seem to change anything, it was time to take action. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Steven, it looks like Matt Medic is out of action.You have a new mission! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perform every action with your heart fixed on the Supreme Lord. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Every action carried the hope for the ultimate victory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He had also set out to illustrate Archimedes’ principle in action, and as a consequence had discovered a further anomaly, that a weight of water could lift a weight greater than itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“There are legends, though,” said Harry, and as his heart rate quickened, the pain in his scar became more intense; he was sure that Voldemort had decided to put his idea into action. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If anyone could bear witness to the long-term impact of persistent action, and also to the strength of the forces opposing change, it was Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Everybody can do action unit four,” he began. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever I correctly performed seven actions or recited seven lines of dialogue in a row, the game would award me a “Cue Card Power-Up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She saw how welfare caseworkers kept clients in the dark about their rights, justifying arbitrary actions by citing mysterious regulations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Victor blocked him and added, “You’ll probably want to get some action shots of me before you do anything else.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then went on to demand the ‘solution’ of affirmative action, thereby repeating the mistake of claiming benefits for the relative few because of the absence of the many. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Management actions at and in the immediate vicinity of airports do little to mitigate the risk of off-airport strikes during departure and approach. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Soon, it was the action itself that absorbed her, and the newspaper report which she revised to the rhythm of her swipes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was Oppenheimer’s intellectual arrogance, his least endearing quality, in action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fire departments, police departments, and other public agencies have been integrated, at least in part, due to affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She is a devout Catholic and prays “the blessing of God upon me, as I do in all my actions.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His father got most of the action on video, while his mother took pictures with her new digital camera. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the stream against its current seems the smartest course of action. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Anthony was a creature of sensation—and of action. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then, in the summer of 1954, Bobby had an opportunity to see in action some of the greats he’d been reading about. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and began to stagger as if I was wounded in action. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You either drop your head or hold it up,” Ann explained her actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, he thought that tiny actions brought about cumulative effects and great change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister's action made Briony feel nauseous again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Many had actually seen fighter jets in action, and all had felt the results of war firsthand. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I want on a ship as quick as possible. That’s where all the action is.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were stark differences of opinion, and tempers flared, but by daybreak the group had agreed to a plan of action. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Opening up colleges to new kinds of students has generally meant one thing over the last generation: affirmative action. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“People can be monsters. Whether it’s just their actions, or whether it’s who they really are, it doesn’t matter. The result is the same.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The work of preservation demands that the feelings playing about in one’s guts not be turned into action. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Crab’s car left in a cloud of smoke and dust, Samantha snapped back into action, jumping around and barking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And when she did crook it finally, the action seemed to start in the finger itself, not in some part of her mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Moistening the clay was easy—capillary action will draw up water from the floodplain, which has a high water table. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But in fact, the settlers’ demands and actions led to federally sanctioned warfare against Indigenous peoples much as they had before the revolution. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have dreamed, though, that the easily willed minutiae of their daily actions could amass so — solidifying, mountainous, beyond their control? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skip Baldwin neatly summarized the action so far for viewers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was important for a person to act carefully, for every action, Hatsue explained, had consequences for the soul’s future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And probably because I really believe in responsibility for your actions. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s conceivable that such an action could interfere with your chances of having the prayers for a tighter bomb pattern answered.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Puzzled, I moved into the crowd and pressed to the front where at my feet I saw a square piece of cardboard upon which something was moving with furious action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His young cousin admired Henri's passion for action and rejection of inequality. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Priority number one was to gain congressional approval for expanded military action in Vietnam, if deemed necessary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Therefore the government volcanologists called in to monitor and forecast St. Helens’s behavior primarily had seen only Hawaiian volcanoes in action, and they, it turned out, were not the same thing at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I shot some of the action in the car wash. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

About ten thousand people were in attendance, and I told the crowd that the Defiance Campaign would be the most powerful action ever undertaken by the oppressed masses in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

SJ: You said affirmative action “discriminates against members of the majority,” and you cited Jus’s acceptance to Yale and your lack thereof as supporting evidence for that assertion. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dignity was the hallmark of all his actions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler’s aggressive actions made war seemed almost inevitable, and battleships and submarines started patrolling the oceans and coastlines. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This new consensus must begin with dialogue, a conversation that fosters a critical consciousness, a key prerequisite to effective social action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By that point she had realized that her Uncle Nicolas’s training was not nearly as effective in a moment of action as it was in the fiction of imagined suffering. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that common starting point, they then devised diametrically different courses of action. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, it would be a merciless and, indeed, a heinous action, as it would entail ruining a reputation and misleading a community. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

However, the action of both heart and lungs improved, and Van Helsing made a subcutaneous injection of morphia, as before, and with good effect. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At the back window, a scorpion crossbow was mounted and loaded, ready for action. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He then reeled off an account of my actions on every job I had held that summer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t college. You don’t question my actions.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

From some rat screams that came after that, he guessed Luxa, Aurora, and Ripred had gone into action to cover him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sergio is a good guy, but he never strikes out on his own. He’s always asking Darma for advice. I take action. Anyway, that life is too slow for me,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Living physiology should be explicable in terms of physics, biophysicists argued—forces, motions, actions, motors, engines, levers, pulleys, clasps. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She almost explodes with energy and makes books seem like live- action plays. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Formula, you understand, is delayed action, and is not vurrrking yet." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Kindness, humility, piety, respect for other human creatures—these are the great desiderata of all who pursue virtuous action, and it matters not whether those who preach them heed their own advice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because the weapon salve involved action over a distance, it defied a fundamental principle of Aristotelian physics, that action requires contact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Another zeppelin, meanwhile, had found a clear space farther down the valley, and the crossbow men who disembarked from it were now running up the path to reinforce those already in action. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All that mattered was whether or not Hamlet would take action to avenge his father. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second item in the envelope was a letter to Mr. Larson from Dr. Barnes, informing him of the intended disciplinary action. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Friar Hugo’s cry galvanized the fox into action. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was able to read in detail about the official reactions to my opposition to the Law Society’s actions because we were receiving a daily newspaper just as if it were delivered to our door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe The Vigils will take some action. Maybe they don’t give a hell. But I’ll tell you one thing.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, their actions were meant to imply that Caesar had already looted the palace and stolen all the silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They kept the Colonies in touch with each other through secret correspondence and later would help make united action possible. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something in the action, and in the light pressure of Biddy’s wedding-ring, that had a very pretty eloquence in it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had been his notion to have the Brazen Beasts follow her betrothed and take note of all his actions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She stared at a jumble of Star Wars action figures piled up on the shelf over his bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After the detailed evidence Cicero has brought against him, he can hardly stay, but if he goes, he is condemned by his own actions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Above me, I hear the old pipes shake into action with a thunk! and then the water running in my sink dwindles to a trickle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, I asked Mr. de Klerk why no action by the police had been taken in the aftermath of these crimes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the late fifteenth century, as European explorers sailed to unfamiliar places, their actions and beliefs were guided by the Doctrine of Discovery—the idea that European nations could claim the foreign lands they “discovered.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The footsteps came around the barn—the first boy with another boy—a young man—tall and muscular as an action hero. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Does any master oppose this action?” the Chancellor asked ritualistically as I looked down at my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His sixteen-year-old brother, who was apparently getting more action than him, with girls he barely knew. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her actions reminded me of my own condition, and I wiped at my face with my shirtsleeve. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We bagged up all those action figures. There must have been, I don’t know, a hundred of those things,” she said. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Racial stigma today makes collective action extremely difficult—sometimes impossible—whereas racial stigma during Jim Crow contained the seeds of revolt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Data scientists analyze data, separate the noise from the signal, discern patterns, draw conclusions, and recommend actions based on the results.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of them rose from their chairs to demonstrate their willingness for immediate action. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Heth is still too ill for action. I am giving his division to Johnston Pettigrew. Is that satisfactory to you?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked and sounded like the great white hetero action hero you saw in movie after movie. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He knew that many a man turned in all standing, ready for instant action. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t about trying to get patients a cut of the financial action,” says Lori Andrews. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But that particular verb doesn’t do the action justice. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“To protect our men who are in Vietnam,” he said, “and to guarantee the continued success of our withdrawal and Vietnamization programs, I have concluded that the time has come for action.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His own term for this type of action was nuke. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mass action campaign culminated in a general strike on August 3 and 4 in support of the ANC’s negotiation demands and in protest against state-supported violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom goes into action, heading to the kitchen to rummage in the cupboards for something to cook for Mr. Ram’s family. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She encouraged the young women under her command to think about the effects of their own actions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Mirror neurons fire both when one performs an action and when one sees another person performing that action. They allow us to imitate behavior.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to see what was going on; there’s not much action around here at night Yeah, I’d noticed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows better than anyone else how much he gets off on being this close to the action, and she’s bodily yanked him out of the West Wing on more than one occasion. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Is it so memorable, in fact, that it can create change, that it can spur someone to action? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I handed the envelope to the magistrate, the photographers went into action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is clear from your son’s attitude that he feels no remorse for his actions.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nomos is the postmodern philosopher who argues that the entire landscape is constructed—that it has no essential, innate qualities, but is simply a reflection of chance and human action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was for the strange reason that he was cruel, that the poor fellow never killed a man who asked for mercy, or committed a cruel action which he could have prevented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each minute action—each subtle turning of wrists—must be mirrored exactly by each oarsman, from one end of the boat to the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That sealed my determination to become a politician—so I could take action and not just ask for help from others. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as the doorknob began to jiggle, Curly went into action. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens in training is highly secretive, so there’s no point in taking action against me when no one will know what my transgression was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this country dance Johnny for the first time saw Rab move suddenly into action. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an almost pleasant sense of power in knowing, and he could evaluate actions and expressions, could interpret vague references, could even dip up and reorganize the past. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could consider some action, he felt the rope about his waist jerk as the old soldier hauled him in closer. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

An unflagging loyalty to his profession and its principles had made Arthur, over the years, increasingly deliberate in his speech and actions, and increasingly exacting regarding the truth in even his most casual reportage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now that the United States had entered the war, Hitler wanted fast action on Kappe's plan. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“As there is no time to lose, I vote we have a look at his house right now. Time is everything with him; and swift action on our part may save another victim.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The adaptive unconscious does an excellent job of sizing up the world, warning people of danger, setting goals, and initiating action in a sophisticated and efficient manner.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

While I never met him, I had the opportunity to see him in action—see him by proxy rather, but I’ll get to that, to him, later. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Once again in the South, the combination of sexual and economic dangers ignited a thunderous reaction, but members of the Citizens’ Councils followed a course of action suited to the conservative nature of their class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They suspected the abductors were manipulating the girls’ actions as they traveled through Mexico to return the body to his family in El Sacrificio. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Precisely because they were rare, the mutants had acted like lamps in the darkness, allowing biologists to track “the action of a gene,” as Morgan had described it, across generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They also sent the black uniforms into action. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Although Grant was a fellow Republican, Garfield did not agree with many of his policies and actions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I kept hoping the explanation would turn out to be more complex, that there’d turn out to be more than pure, blind hatred to motivate their actions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They speak to me, not in words, but in action. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When will the public become sufficiently aware of the facts to demand such action? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Ides of March It was only a matter of time before Caesar’s enemies in the Senate took action. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Genêt’s first action in the United States was to hire American privateers, privately owned and manned ships, to attack and plunder British ships in the name of his government. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her face dares anyone who might see her to question her actions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

All his stories about work had the same arc: somebody would first underestimate or belittle him, and he would then end up victorious, with the final clever word or action. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To put it somewhat differently, if she had been opposed, it is difficult to imagine Adams taking the action he did. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“During your stay, all of your actions will be recorded by video cameras, as outlined in the consent agreements you and your parents signed earlier.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But she was not conscious of my blackness or of what her actions would have meant in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, this does not mean that we cannot take it the other way, on the off chance that some of the collective actions of ants may cast light on human problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl of action, clearly not open to conversation. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His life could not depend on the actions of his unconceived descendant. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she dropped, her spinning tubes went into action and she let out thread. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“So hard, so hard!” moaned Miss Havisham, with her former action. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was action ahead, and I felt suddenly excited to have been included. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However, strong drink sometimes tempts men to wicked actions.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since he had no will of his own, the punishments for his actions would fall upon the heads of those issuing the orders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Expecting some repercussion, some result from the action. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some find this a convenient assumption, but as a chart for a course of action it is highly dangerous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rhymes with actions, in particular, are enjoyable to children because children live through all of their senses and their whole body. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The hearing ended the next day with no action being taken. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the coach’s voice jolted me into action. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s responsible for organizing your thoughts and actions to attain your goals.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come up with a plan, and he needed to put it into action. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Obinze told her nothing would happen, suggested she speak to the bursar about getting on a payment plan so that she would at least have taken some action. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And keep in mind that adverbs usually do the most good right in front of the action words they describe. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Progressives concerned about racial justice in this period were mostly silent about the War on Drugs, preferring to channel their energy toward defense of affirmative action and other perceived gains of the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was even a toy company that wanted to manufacture a line of Parzival lunch boxes and action figures. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I took the stance that our actions should be based not on idealistic considerations but on practical ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a weight had been taken off my shoulders because of the action I’d finally taken. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Coach had promised Mom that disciplinary action was being taken, though we didn’t know the full extent of Will’s punishment. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The action proceeded as smoothly as if the actors had rehearsed for days. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

That’s not the same as apologizing for her actions or the garbage she said. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then she did give him the tiniest of shakes, but because of her strength the action set his head and arms to shaking loose on the ends of his body. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It maddened him to think that he did not have a wider choice of action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I seat myself at a corner table and set up my laptop, away from the action. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

That is, to objectify in words some insight derived from my living in the form of action, scene, and dialogue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, imprinting in an animal’s mind the artificial connection that if it does a certain action, say, roll over, it will get a treat can be achieved only by mind-numbing repetition. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You had to put action behind your words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had a breezy highway driving style, but when making any kind of maneuver he snapped into military action, pummeling the wheel with strong hands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This sort of action angered me like no other, and I told the press that every white policeman in South Africa regarded every black person as a military target. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you not afraid, sir,” he asked, “that we are likely to anger the King the more by such hasty actions?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To some extent, they were the actions of a hotheaded revolutionary who had not thought things through and who acted without discipline. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, nine months later, Rosa Parks was embraced by a community ready for action. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Consider your actions! The hands that spill blood unjustly can never come clean.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johanna told me once that if the decisions had been up to her, she would have supported action against Erudite instead of the passivity the rest of her faction advocated. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After all, it was I who had counseled Hamlet against rash action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Reporters had been kept at a distance from the action, but their telephoto lenses had captured almost the entire attack—“the flailing clubs, the stampeding horses, the jeering crowd and the stricken, fleeing blacks.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they also were aware that deploying a weapon of such enormous power would not be a military action; the Super’s value would be strictly “psychological,” General Bradley declared. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Glad I didn’t have a bet on that action. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From today’s perspective, it is difficult to imagine the ethical system that could justify De Soto’s subsequent actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But how can that be true, when my actions landed Uriah in the hospital, when Tris can’t even look me in the eye, when so many people died? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some people tense up when one action comes after another in a sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another room, behind all the cameras and the action, are the benches where the audience sits. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There’s a few really cool action figures, but most of them are missing an arm or a leg. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They could talk about anything they wished, including the gradual abolition of slavery itself, though he felt that Congress was unlikely to take any dramatic action “tending to the emancipation of the slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ask God for help while she took action to solve her own problems. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The FBI, in particular, was eager to take action and make a splash, even at the risk of giving the game away. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A woman’s voice was speaking, and I strained to hear. ... if you’re as stubborn as your husband, we may have to take stronger actions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The DHA refused to provide any reason for its action, but there was no mystery about what had happened. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, most people who had their cash or property seized did not challenge the government’s action, especially because the government could retaliate by filing criminal charges—baseless or not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“They left us no choice!” he says, as if it can excuse his actions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His soldiers moved about twenty paces behind the action. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But as I had feared, Miss Kenton had read of the unsuccessful libel action, and inevitably, took the opportunity to probe me a little. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unsure whether there was oxygen waiting for him, Hall decided that the best course of action was to remain with Hansen and try to bring the nearly helpless client down without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Octavian learned of Cleopatra’s actions, he tried to reassure her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In his maturity, Handel converted this artistic response into action, becoming one of the founding sponsors, alongside artists Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough, of Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital in London. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After all the action and mental strain, travel and grief, he felt suddenly reborn, larger than life and brimming with new-found self-confidence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had the poise of a sword fighter—relaxed yet vigilant, as if ready to spring into action at any moment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Today, scholars agree that agriculture sprang up in other parts of the world not by the action of Middle Eastern farmers exporting their revolution but entirely independently. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It should be clear,” Kennedy wrote, “that United States Government action regarding the Alabama schools will come only if Governor Wallace compels it.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mass action was perilous in South Africa, where it was a criminal offense for an African to strike, and where the rights of free speech and movement were unmercifully curtailed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided that he was not responsible for the lady’s actions, while he was responsible for his own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I flubbed a line or didn’t perform an action at the right moment, my score decreased and a warning flashed on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But as before, the self-pity didn’t help and he knew that he had only one course of action. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to plant his hands beside him and push himself upward, but the action only drags him farther down. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Look at them take it away," he said, looking into the dark action of the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By making the implementation an executive action headed by Washington, Jefferson and Madison demonstrated that, “plighted faith” notwithstanding, they were taking no chances. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was such a rapid, methodical, and brutal action that it was like a military operation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Always, as I wrote, I was both reader and writer, both the con- ceiver of the action and the appreciator of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

In due course, however, as the black circular mass around each errant—and by now dried-up—sugarwater splash grew to the size of a half-dollar, the volunteer bestirred himself into action. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could tell the action was picking up all over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed his understanding of the situation by his next action. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had begged bread from the officials, I had wondered dimly if the outcasts could become united in action, thought, and feeling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Lawrence needs more money and is unable to get it from the government under the conditions which will give him complete freedom of action, I would be in favor of our stepping in.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"He's taking evasive action. Avoiding a confrontation. That's a very different thing, right, Max?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was furious, and could not comprehend the reasons for my actions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could it be that your conscience is ethical and you recognize what a merciless action it would be to cage a free creature of ALLAH? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It also resorted to covert action when it thought this was justified—and during the Cold War, justification was easy to find. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Long before the ship was near enough for the lookout to see her colors, the Astrea was ready for action. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole’s gentle caress. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Tibe evidently was going to press Karhide’s claim to that region: precisely the kind of action which, on any other world at this stage of civilization, would lead to war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My son’s getting more action than me these days, lord help me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They all think their actions make their lives more desirable. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Las Casas, a conquistador who repented of his actions and became a priest, spent the second half of his long fife opposing European cruelty in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the heart of these groups’ beliefs is the conviction that unless action is taken now, whites are doomed to extinction by an ever-growing number of nonwhites. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Theology does not thrive in the world of action and reaction, change: it grows on calm, like the scum on a stagnant pool. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t capable of any action that might be seen as cowardice by his God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he was still in foster care, he needed an adult to bring the legal actions on his behalf. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Cultural influence is difficult to pin down in documents and concrete actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My action implied that beneath my ace was some “nothing” card that I didn’t care to risk my money on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while I wouldn’t exactly call her animated, as of late her arm actions had been fairly unrestrained during the pregame greeting. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now that I know what it costs her emotionally to go along with my ruse I’m even more anxious to put our plan into action. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Quick action had saved the president from immediate death, on the floor of Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sometimes talk about Australia or Alaska, but he never took any action, and when we asked Mom, she’d start singing some song about how her get up and go had got up and went. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for the constitutional question, he regarded federal jurisdiction over the western territories as a clear precedent that had been established, irony of ironies, by Jefferson’s executive action in the Louisiana Purchase. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

You go to the gym, stand in a corner as far away from the action as possible, and try not to be seen. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowledge turned into anger, and anger turned into action. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No. Tess was down there because she likes seeing the action and she's a little nearsighted. I like watching from a distance." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Many sentences, though, have several things going on in them—actions happening at different times, each with its own verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon’s strategy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“The American dream is to be an action hero.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our little room on 129th off Seventh was smack dab in the middle of all the action in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my life he’d talked a lot about actions and consequences. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

With a sinking heart, I watched as Barack jumped into action, rebooking our flights to leave the following day, pulling the plug on our vacation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ekman then began to layer one action unit on top of another, in order to compose the more complicated facial expressions that we generally recognize as emotions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With the assassin’s trail in Maryland growing cold, the soldiers would soon leave and shift the action to other places far from Bryantown and his farm. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also the second reason Michigan Law School couldn’t find a difference between its affirmative action graduates and the rest of its alumni. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Usually they went hand in hand with the powerful whites and helped to keep their groaning brothers in line, for that was the safest course of action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He said that you had to take responsibility for your actions, but that you also have a commitment to your team.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Men would turn to mobs, words would turn to actions, someone would grab at me, and then another, and the end would begin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the main action takes place in a past tense, the verb that follows after is in the simple past: I would have started dinner after the guests arrived. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how could I pack up and go back home when my actions may have cost Hassan a chance at those very same things? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re only responsible for your own actions. You can’t control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice. Stand by it.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It appears the only way to get action is to hit the streets and go downtown!” she shouted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the barn, Conger, Baker, Doherty, and the cavalrymen tensed for action. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not sorry. I will not renounce my actions. I love her. I love the princess.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Still, it was impossible to be a black kid at a mostly white school and not feel the shadow of affirmative action. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s good, but I think we need some action. Do all that stuff and throw your arms up like you just heard some real shocking stuff.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has trouble organizing her thoughts and her actions. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I narrated its events, not stinting Pro Bono’s actions therein. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The glad days that dawned gave me liberty for the free play of impulse and, from anxiety and restraint, I leaped to license and thoughtless action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly I begin counting a beat in my head, automating my actions. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He turned the sphere’s control dial, and it whirred into action. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’d been First Lady for almost four years, and there had been too much killing already—too many senseless preventable deaths and too little action. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess they—the Director, his private security detail, the guards—try to keep their actions quiet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And it was his sullen stare and the violent action that followed that made Gus and Jack and G.H. hate and fear him as much as he hated and feared himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew also that these young men would eventually become frustrated because Black Consciousness offered no program of action, no outlet for their protest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew frightened at their wild actions, but I found enough strength to shout at them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quincey Morris tightened his belt with that quick movement which I knew so well; in our old wandering days it meant “action.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Mom, you can have a seat,” he added, gesturing toward a row of folding chairs near the door, but within perfect view of all the action. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

What is this life we lead, if you do not take action? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He stood at an angle that only allowed sight of the beast’s action, not the result. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t the city always tried to substitute talk for action? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the quick, feathering action of the hinges. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The day before, he had telegrammed President Kennedy and listed twenty different, racially motivated, unpunished actions taken by white men against black people in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the idea of action at a distance–that one particle could instantaneously influence another trillions of miles away–was a stark violation of the special theory of relativity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I was to say over and over to our followers: we suspended armed action, we did not terminate the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was clear from her every action that Brienne knew it, and suffered for it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hold myself responsible for their actions. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if, in this moment, he was horrified by his brother’s actions, he didn’t relish having to tell him the truth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only such real, meaningful actions as those which are sincerely motivated from a deep sense of humanism and moral responsibility can get at the basic causes that produce the racial explosions in America today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Havermeyer, why the hell don’t you ever take evasive action ?” they would demand in a rage after the mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Time is speeding up, and with it, the pace of the action. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dirt on the faces of the plastic people, plastic action figures with missing eyes, hands, a missing leg. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the Joliots’ discovery of artificial radioactivity came at the moment when Lawrence was fighting his final rearguard action in defense of his deuteron theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Grabbing ones earlobes in India is a sign of contrition for one’s actions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Thinking that his escape route had been cut off, he returned to the bus—a reasonable course of action, given his topographical ignorance. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that the project would concentrate its efforts on defending affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“My boys, for example, they will do anything for American action films, especially with that Arnold Whatsanegger—” “The mosque!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, his no-compromise policy on racial slights of any sort would have a direct and indirect influence on the civil rights actions of the 1950s and 1960s. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He’s no philosopher, but he understands action without goodwill to equal as much as half an equation. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose from the table, adrenaline pinching my calves to action, stopping long enough to hug him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the idea of Utah getting in on the action seemed unlikely and even preposterous. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But he was confident they would eventually praise him for his heroic action. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I began to walk my avatar down the hall, using a series of subtle hand motions to control its movements and actions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It embarrassed her, for in a cooler, quieter moment it appeared to her absurd that she should have taken his action so seriously, so dramatically. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with a flourish, I pulled his favorite Rescue Heroes action figure out of his bag. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was drawn to World War I memorials, which often listed the names of those killed in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After they returned from Virgil’s house, they’d collapsed on the floor of the Tanakas’ living room to discuss their next plan of action. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I loved the tough guys, the action, Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca,” and I loved all of that dancing and carrying on in such films as “Stormy Weather” and “Cabin in the Sky.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although births are not exactly actions, they easily slip into the realm of historical facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

With some positive action before them, a little of die tension died. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

While mass action had become less frequent after the turn of the century, individual rebellions remained common. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of person takes action without thinking about who might be locked in an upstairs room, trusting the people who have always kept them safe and loved them? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“The reasons for my actions are beyond your understanding,” Jeanine says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ghetto hustler is forever frustrated, restless, and anxious for some “action.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is, as you know, extremely sorry for his actions. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was about to consider taking more serious action—though she didn’t know what that would be—when she felt Taisin stir beneath her hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Oft do we act, and then inform the governing principles within us of our past action, and leave for them to write their reports and justifications as they will. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While the first Red Scare was fueled by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, the second was brought to its height by the actions of US senator Joseph McCarthy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

At this moment the phrase “police reform” has come into vogue, and the actions of our publicly appointed guardians have attracted attention presidential and pedestrian. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth also had to search for signs of hostile actions—anything from a foreign warship laying mines to submarines behaving strangely off the American coastline. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That probably would have been the most judicious course of action, but leaving well enough alone was not Rowan’s strong point. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

While the roosters shrieked, the hens scrambled helter-skelter, commenting shrilly on the action: they clucked hysterically; they cackled obscenely; sometimes their alarmed voices were like machine guns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belet picked up a battle-ax while our audience, the cats, found suitable spots to watch the action. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My evasive action consists of smiling like an idiot, hiding my face in my own shoulder as though I’m too shy to deserve to live, giggling a bit and mumbling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As I suspected, he was not the sort to waste time on words when action was wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Also, sound effects are added to enhance the action or bring a fuller meaning or experience. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In action, the lure looked like a bird—food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I shut them out and then was disappointed by their actions. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The world needs saving precisely because of the actions of these same men and women. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In one of the largest such actions in South African history, the miners went on strike for a week and maintained their solidarity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, people were hurt. But that had to do with your actions, not mine. I didn’t punch Soheil, sir.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mark—sure he’d never seen anything like it—sprang into action, following Alec’s lead and grabbing a log out of the fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s been offering me plenty of help — wanting all the glory for himself — wanting a bit of the action — ‘What are you doing?’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed frustrated, anxious, as if he wanted to explode into action and was only just being held in check. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This voice command instructed my computer to execute a long series of preprogrammed actions, both online and in the real world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, an attack on the University of Michigan’s affirmative action program recently went all the way to the US Supreme Court. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The senior center’s parking lot bustles with action. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The chestnut-eyed actress with long auburn hair knows that this moment will put her name in papers around the world, so there is more than a touch of self-indulgence in her actions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was our first chance to watch the campaign to “Destroy the Four Olds” in action. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that his actions did not seem logical and he gave up trying to explain them logically. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The inimitable Locke,” he answered, “saith that mankind is engaged in perpetual uneasiness, and that it is lack which motivates us forward. In our desires, we resemble the action of a two-legged table.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“The producers are terrified of that new show Seal Squad Seven. Anyway, we’re going to shoot tomorrow. At the ranch. The writers figured out a way for the action to take place in our barn.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He himself had been enmagicked as a young boy, and he knew the consequences of the action—the odd eruptions, the disruptions in thinking, the unpleasant extension of the life span. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Nina Zenik spent a year in Kerch trying to bargain for my freedom. I’m not sure those are the actions of a monster.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Given what is at stake at this moment in history, bolder, more inspired action is required than we have seen to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A true Nazi observing such an action, such humane treatment of a Jew, would have murdered them both without a moment's hesitation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had lost control of myself and seemed possessed by a sinister force, which made me mindless of my safety, which spurred me toward reckless action, unafraid of death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Newton’s third law. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Watching her in action, it was easy to believe. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then, once the time is right, with one abrupt, swift action I’m going to completely knock them out of my life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the instant that my thoughts caught up with my actions, I froze, shocked by my own uncontrolled enthusiasm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

An image of my skeleton being discovered come spring spurred me into action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Most likely Jackson is here to collect his piece of the action. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had been watching the action on the bridge, but now as Narciso talked to him I saw his head slump on his chest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some instinct took over his actions and without saying anything he turned away from Alby and walked to a nearby tree, where he plopped down to sit with his back against the rough bark. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Kin a lad come through weeks of this kind of actions without becomin’ a hardened man? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is shot to death ten days later in a delaying action guarding the retreat across the Potomac. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duval Street was where all the action happened—not that there was a whole lot of that these days. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai felt—very slightly—that the She Elephant might not be as bad as she seemed, but her next action drove that idea out of his head. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He banged his desk, and said, “This requires action!” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1933, as Hermann Muller began his work at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, he watched Nazi “applied biology” swing into action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Bob and I believe that the worst course of action is to continue in this essentially passive role which can lead only to eventual defeat and an invitation to get out in humiliating circumstances.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Seeing his men unscathed, royal Odysseus gave the word for action. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she showed me today is that a truly self-reliant person takes action, leaving nothing to chance and everything to themselves. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was no plot, no action, nothing save atmosphere and longing and death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Many Germans joined with priests, bishops, and other clergy to lobby against the euthanasia action. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Together with verbal coffins like model and level in which writers entomb their actors and actions, the English language provides them with a dangerous weapon called nominalization: making something into a noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The great hall of the fortress swirled with action, and from our vantage point we could see it all. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg, now facing up to thirty-five years in prison, insisted that the contents of the Pentagon Papers justified his actions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We may improve some school districts, prolong affirmative action for another decade or two, or force some police departments to condemn racial profiling, but we will not put a dent in the prevailing caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jared: I’d like to discuss how affirmative action discriminates against members of the majority. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a dark night, with heavy thunderstorms and low clouds, and the Maddox immediately began evasive action, zigzagging through the heavy rain and turbulent seas. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Most typically the men displayed a tendency not to experience anger or rage in association with violent aggressive action. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seldom have I seen anyone become so enthusiastic at the prospect of being involved in an action that might be dangerous.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused at each question Buckley asked and wondered how he could link up his bare actions with what he had felt; but his words came out flat and dull. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s anything her past efforts have taught her, it’s that real change requires prolonged pressure and inspired action. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As she watched, a bright flame gushed out, and a team of bears swung into practiced action. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then on the screen, the crowd seems to explode into action. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were other people in the neighborhood who were noted for their bad tempers or downright meanness, but their actions were predictable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Craters on the moon can be caused either by the impact of meteorites or by volcanic action. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Democratic alderman elected by the residents of Packingtown threatened escalated violence if the mayor did not take action: “We must defend ourselves if the city authorities won’t protect us.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Like, seriously, we are Zamoras! Let’s stop looking defeated and take some action!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Once, when he lost the gamble, an outstanding action picture resulted, which showed Dad landing a well-aimed and well-deserved clout on the side of Frank’s head. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He demanded, too, not only sacrifices from men, but right action. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could watch for hours and never see any good action. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the seventies, as more and more Americans spoke out against affirmative action, university presidents were forced to take the defense. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Definitely Nots include my schoolbooks, jacket, sweaters and jeans I don’t like, action toys, board games and old sports cards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here nothing is feigned, no action is false or pretended. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They went the wrong way first and took evasive action through a garage and around a stack of garbage pails. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to let you justify your actions by blaming the victim,” the mayor said firmly. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once it was closed, though, he sprang into action, fastening the chain. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It can be done by changing the content of communication, by making a message so memorable that it sticks in someone’s mind and compels them to action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these instances, I believe that her actions speak even louder than whatever words she might have said, so I have filled in some cracks in the research with my own phrasings. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Wood had given instructions that Harry should be accompanied everywhere he went, in case the Slytherins tried to put him out of action. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But who can foresee and control this action? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was their best shot at stirring the goddess into action. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On July 7, five days after the shooting, Corkhill announced that he wouldn't start formal legal action until he learned whether the president lived or died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I myself am a big fan of action movies. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You can replay action . . . slow everything down . . . and they flash up a play-by-play breakdown if you need it. Bargain — ten Galleons each.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every time you use new Lady ’Stache Off with triple beauty action™, you’re contributing to our economy, our way of life. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about other people. But I think if you’re talking back it’s kind of like a rear-guard action. I’d like to see us do something so they had to talk back to us.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Older people have an opinion about everything and are sure of themselves and their actions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

McShane knew the killer would feel safe and strike again; and this time, the police would be waiting for him.Parents went into action. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when you can decide what steps are best, what actions are wisest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He hands the bottle to Marco without looking at it or him, barely registering the action. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They learn how to change the South without violence, how to not be moved by the evil actions of others, how to walk slowly but with deliberate steps. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You have to stop singing or I can’t be responsible for my actions.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Richard was surprised when he heard the announcement that the federal government had declared a police action to bring the rebels to order. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As summer approached, the reality of the match caused such heightened curiosity that it seemed like Fischer’s every remark, his every action, was recorded around the globe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t answer in words but in actions. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Theresa analyzed the relative merits of action versus inaction until her choice seemed not so much between paths, as between going blindly left or right in a featureless wood. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I was not a cultural minority, I was extremely well placed to enjoy the advantages of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted it because it made him free, gave him the possibility of choice, of action, the opportunity to act and to feel that his actions carried weight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius Hipped his camera into action and aimed it at the banner and the workers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appointed a Citizens’ Committee of Thirty-Four, headed by leading Boston businessman James J. Storrow, to look into the situation and make recommendations for what action should be taken. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Action, action,” came the shouts from the audience. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city’s actions in this regard were only partly successful. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just what sort of disciplinary action was Principal Trask talking about? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Bliss’s actions also troubled the group of Washington doctors who had attended Garfield since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the party, Davis had briefly lost this Iron Man action figure he always had with him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But to open his door would be the action of a fool. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"Too slow for me. I like books with more action." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stand up to add some graceful actions to the soundtrack, he snorts that laughter that he reserves solely for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the other direction, where we thought the action would be, there were mountains shrouded in haze. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next step, they agreed, was to consult with Attorney General John Mitchell about possible legal action. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to embark on another relationship that was all action and no definition. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Thing is, if there’s any action, he can’t stand to be out of it. But if you ordered him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The law binds my hands and my actions. You must return with your mistress,” he said, concentrating on his task. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actions of the people in this book were both universal and distinctly American. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But as long as no one nearby thought DNA was at the heart of everything, the potential personal difficulties with the King’s lab kept him from moving into action with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Well, I thought, I'm different too, and they'll see it when the talk is finished and the action begins. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To fix things, put the ly word closer to the right action. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Luke, you have to understand that we are not defined solely by our choices. Even by our actions, to some extent. None of us are.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Images from my videos of her in action, pointing out sights from a rickshaw, telling me a story on the roof, and laughing so hard that we both gasped for air. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Each day, more militant, action brothers who had been with me in Mosque Seven announced their break from the Nation of Islam to come with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was now called upon to explain her actions during the conflict. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The magistrate was taken by surprise by my action and asked me with some incredulity, “Have you anything more to say?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall not plan the whole action for you now, but only tell you of both. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, in the arena, when I poured out those berries, I was only thinking of outsmarting the Gamemakers, not how my actions would reflect on the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Can any of us be expected to know the consequences of actions that feel so close to mere accident? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Euwe’s long legs could barely fit underneath, and he sat obliquely, somewhat casually, as if he wasn’t truly a part of the action. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The strategy of affirmative action, finally, did not take seriously the educational dilemma of disadvantaged students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these actions, in effect, made Indigenous people homeless in their own homelands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

While I still thought my mom was crazy for swimming with sharks, I wondered what it would look like to see those fins in action, to see a shark moving through the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By her actions, I knew something was wrong. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, affirmative action made me the beneficiary of his condition. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same feeling about any action. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The action was so graceful and inclusively benign. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The folly of this action became apparent when 4-Wind and his brother escaped from confinement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked this of the dark boy who had said earlier, at the table, that the white man’s actions proved him to be a devil. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Only years later did Melita overcome her Nazi training and realize the implication of her actions. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did Nico particularly care if he died for his actions. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z