Sentence examples for act irrational from inspiring English sources

Keeping the debt ceiling in place makes the U.S. economy a bargaining chip, and actively encourages congressmen to be (or at least act) irrational and short-sighted.

create feelings of discomfort that often lead people to act irrational (negating an alternative truth against copious evidence) in hopes of regaining cognitive consistency.

But, if someone is making you feel really uncomfortable and not respecting your boundaries, plus you think they'll act irrational or even violent if you tell them how you really feel, sometimes you just have to.

According to Jodorowsky, this initiation brings about enormous mental shift via "an irrational and, at the same time, rational act: irrational in its appearance but rational in that the person knows why it has to be done".

She should respect you and understand your emotions and not act irrational.

"We will not act in irrational haste".

Sometimes (most times), I act on irrational impulses.

No one is more surprised than Hadley's characters when they act on irrational impulse.

His killing was an act of irrational brutality that will only prolong the bloodshed.

"This is yet another act of irrational selfishness from Diane James," Farage said.

Per contra, Thatcher's denouncing "the enemy within", invoking laws against union representation at GCHQ and ordering a three-line whip to fight Richard Shepherd's private member's bill on the Official Secrets Act were irrational.