Sentence examples for a questionable act from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a questionable act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that raises doubts about its morality, legality, or appropriateness.
Example: "The decision to bypass safety protocols was seen as a questionable act by the regulatory authorities."
Alternatives: "a dubious action" or "an unethical deed."

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Let's not end the event with a questionable act, regardless of the political and public pressure to do so, by showing sensational photographs of Bin Laden's corpse.

Parading the kids was a questionable act, but perhaps the most depressing aspect of the set is the unironic cheering for Victoria Beckham's every move, line or wave.

Additionally, Joan M. McMahon and Ronnie Cohen have studied how gender plays a role in the making of ethical decisions in the virtual online world, with women more likely to judge a questionable act as unethical then men (2009).

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Knowing your partner is watching will keep you in line, and hopefully will deter any questionable acts on the part of the other person.

In "… como el musguito …," the women seem stronger than the men, and even when a man initiates some questionable act the woman subverts it, as when Rainer Behr pours a bottle of water over the seated Anna Wehsarg, and her response is merely to ignore it and to brush her hair and apply her makeup.

It's electric stuff with Behlmann handsome enough to turn any teen from questioning to answering and Johnson savoring the role of Matthew, a complex character who does one questionable act after another but never becomes something as simple and dull as the villain or a closet case.

In Lovelace, the only questionable act committed by Deep Throat financier Anthony Romano Chris Nothh) is an act of cathartic vengeance on behalf of Linda, an heroic ass-kicking that we're supposed to applaud.

The hospital, which lies across the Euphrates, had been cut off from the rest of the city by the marines - another questionable act under the Geneva conventions.

But there is something different about Perez's most recent questionable act -- and it's not necessarily only the Miley photo that has ABC Daytime pulling its ads from his site (will others follow suit?).

If you're mouthing words to her and you're not good at reading her lips, don't be questionable, act like you know what she's saying.

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