"appearance of actions" is correct and is a usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to how something or someone looks while they are in the process of doing something (e.g., "the appearance of actions suggested he was trying to fix the broken chair").
It encourages what Westminster is best at: the appearance of action.
Yet some civic organizers said Mr. Weiner often seemed more focused on the appearance of action.
The broadcast has suddenly prompted at least the appearance of action by the government.
In politics, the appearance of action is often almost as effective while it lasts, as action itself.
The point is, instead, to create the appearance of action, thereby undercutting political support for actual attempts to help families in trouble.
But the results have to be more than a showpiece packaged to give the appearance of action without making substantial reforms.
The Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese said people elected their representatives to make decisions, and Abbott had come up with a "last-minute" compromise to give the appearance of action.
They did virtually nothing for many years, but have finally been forced into action – or at least the appearance of action – by a combination of public scorn, media coverage, and the actions of a few remaining ethical politicians.
Diluted by official buzzwords and recruiting slogans that give the appearance of action, the Department of Defense has sequestered bonafide issues of justice and equality into weak programs that many of its senior leaders neither believe in nor take seriously.
In eight hair cells, efferent activity also blocked the appearance of action potentials after depolarization and anode-break stimulation (Fig. 3C and D).
