The phrase "act withdrawn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is behaving in a reserved or detached manner, often indicating a lack of engagement or participation.
Example: "After the incident, she began to act withdrawn, avoiding conversations and social gatherings."
Alternatives: "seem distant" or "appear disengaged".
He was fine in school, did not act withdrawn, had successfully led a team project on Antarctica, and seemed to run and play with his friends during recess.
One volunteer told me Princess Moonstar, Chaco's former partner and mother of his child Baby Chaco, continues to act withdrawn as if in very human, extended mourning.
WASHINGTON — The law firm hired by Republicans in the House of Representatives to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act withdrew Monday amid pressure from gay rights groups.
The act withdrew legal aid for family law cases except for those who provide evidence of domestic violence in the previous two years.
As an accommodation toward Lower Canada (i.e., Quebec), the British, by the 1825 Labrador Act, withdrew Labrador's southern border from the shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence to the 52nd Parallel North, to where it meets a line due north from the "Bay or Harbour of Ance Sablon" (nowadays Blanc-Sablon).
Last year, Saad Hariri, in what he made clear was a political act, withdrew his other public accusations of Syrian involvement in the assassination.
Instead, act a bit withdrawn or confused, forcing the person to talk for longer and explain why he or she is really unhappy -- and why his or her partner isn't perfect.
We defined challenging behaviour with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's conceptualisation of the term and included the following behaviours: aggression, self injury, stereotypic behaviour, agitation, disruptive or destructive acts, withdrawn behaviour, arson, and sexual misconduct.
One day last October, Mrs. Jane Smith was told by her son's kindergarten teacher that the normally active 5‐year‐old who likes to "climb trees and fight the class bullies" had act ed withdrawn that day.
The BBC's legal department has emailed staff and independent producers telling them that the four acts have withdrawn from the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS).
An ICD, which mechanically couples the act of withdrawing the cannula with the act of depressing the plunger, was fabricated for the purpose of facial fat grafting.
