Sentence examples for actual deeds from inspiring English sources

"actual deeds" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to something that has actually happened, as opposed to something that has been written or talked about. For example, "The report detailed his words, but his actual deeds told a different story."

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"I knew he was trifling with the students, either with promises or with actual deeds.

China Zhang Yishan Deputy representative We hope that Iraq will honor its commitment with actual deeds.

While many bushrangers, such as John Lynch and Daniel "Mad" Morgan, were ruthless killers, the glorification of bushranging in Australian society stems in part from the actual deeds of certain figures: Matthew Brady and Edward Teddyy the Jew-boy" Davis, both transported convicts, were known for their humane treatment of their victims; Davis actually shared his booty with the poor.

Chinese state television quoted He as saying France now must "correct its mistake with actual deeds to enable China-France relations to continue to be healthy and stable and advance forward". "This wrong act by France is a rude intervention in Chinese internal affairs and has hurt the feelings of Chinese people gravely," it quoted him as saying.

The very word "hero" has come to be rather flippantly used, perhaps saying more about the reality show times we live in than the actual deeds done.

However, Espejo was one of the few people at the time who distinguished between the actual deeds of the French Revolution and the irreligious spirit connected to it, while his contemporaries in Spain and the colonies erroneously identified the emancipation of the Americas with loss of the Catholic faith.

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Cake is for leaving parties, not the actual deed itself.

But would all the talk be mother to the actual deed?

… The reality of the actual deed would be a monument to all that had been thought for the best.

They ignored the reproductive and the digestive functions … the actual deed of sex seemed to him unimaginative, and best veiled in night".

In addition to the boundary between the players on the court and the fans in the stands, another boundary has been inextricably violated in the Pistons-Pacers brouhaha: the boundary between a fan's thoughts and/or words and the actual deed.

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