Sentence examples for Putting on an act from inspiring English sources

If it's true that the movies no longer sustain stars, that leaves room for another kind of actor: as versatile as a travelling player, as bold as the Gypsy spirit in theatre, a cheerful pretender no longer pledged to the orthodoxy of the Actors Studio, but given over to the idea that acting is putting on an act and a voice as part of a game.

We're acting in a way, but we are not putting on an act.

Was he putting on an act?

"He was putting on an act.

They assumed he was putting on an act.

It is very useful to be that way, but I am not putting on an act.

The idea of getting dressed, applying makeup and putting on a pretend act for an entire afternoon paralyzed me.

But, far from sulking at being passed over, Ruffieux and Meier were a class act, putting on an elegant show which celebrated the Dior heritage.

Usually I make up for this by putting on a groovy London act.

By 1824, London's Adelphi theatre was putting on a nitrous oxide act as part of its menu of "Uncommon Illusions, Wonderful Metamorphoses, Experimental Chemistry, Animated Paintings etc".

The act of putting on a good face may draw on elements of both.