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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sort of act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or is similar to an act, often in a vague or non-specific way.
Example: "What he did was a sort of act of kindness, though it was not entirely selfless."
Alternatives: "a kind of action" or "a type of deed".
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It was a sort of act of defiance, really.
I was never consciously rebellious but I suppose comedy is a sort of act of rebellion isn't it?
At one time, the pair discussed opening a Vietnamese restaurant as a sort of act of antiwar gastro-prop.
"Stephen pissed me off so much by doing 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' before 'The Queen' that I started writing 'Frost/Nixon' as a sort of act of skydiving.
But art is a sort of act of faith, a matter of the spectator's desire as much as an artist's intention.
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"As loneliness centers on the act of being seen, when a person is lonely, they long to be witnessed, accepted, desired, in a sort of narcissistic act," she says.
It's a sort of literary act of survival.
So for me celebrating Eid has become a sort of political act.
For Sosa and Pitino, discussing their relationship publicly has become a sort of comedy act.
A sort of drag/cabaret act by a guy called Des O'Connor (not the Des O'Connor).
The performance featured a bizarre intro in which he did a sort of mime act and remarked: "I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space.
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