Sentence examples for as a act from inspiring English sources

The newspapers regularly report incidents in which women, chiefly from the lower castes, are stripped and sometimes beaten as a act of revenge against their communities or families.

"To treat this as a act like an ordinary murder that year was a mistake," he said on "State of the Union".

And then there's always the possibility that a spiteful ex tweets out your "old" name as a act of vengeance, or that a friend accidentally tags you under the "wrong" name on Facebook (or whatever social network is popular in this hypothetical future).

He's been named the chief suspect in what US Attorney Bill Killian says is being investigated as a act of domestic terrorism.

As an act of atonement?

As an act it may still work.

I actually saw that act as an act of courage.

Mr. Rusbridger sees the detention as an act of intimidation.

He described this as "an act of charity".

As an act of political co-operation, this was remarkable.

They see this as an act of weakness not strength.