Sentence examples for essentially an act from inspiring English sources

Was the destruction of the World Trade Centre essentially an act of iconoclasm, like the destruction of the Buddhas?

Katherine's decision to vanish from her own life is essentially an act of revenge: she's desperate to be found by him, or at least by someone.

He argued that the crisis was essentially an act of God, allowing him to invoke the "force majeure," or extraordinary event, clause, in his contract with the bank.

China has led the opposition to the statement and to the idea that the North would have to pay any price for the act of aggression, which some American officials say was essentially an act of war.

Kia's encounter with a gun-waving thug is one of increasing aggression, and though she aggravates it by insisting, "I have a girlfriend, I'm a lesbian," it's essentially an act of random violence.

Regarding the management of tensions, we find that in contrast to the current tenor in the social enterprise literature, which espouses that redressing tensions is essentially an act of separation or integration of social and financial goals, we find that, at times, social enterprises accept and live with tensions instead of addressing them.

Swearing is essentially an aggressive act and is likely to create an unpleasant atmosphere in the workplace which some might experience as stressful".

Worship remains essentially a tribal act.

Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable is, essentially, a standup act on radio.

Some commented that Ms. Roy's acknowledgment of her own "good hair" was, essentially, a racist act.

Mr. Goldthwait's screenplay is essentially a comedy act fleshed out with a story he doesn't try to make convincing.