The phrase "galvanized to act" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to be strongly motivated or inspired to take action. Example: The recent events in the community have galvanized me to act and join the local advocacy group to address the issue of homelessness.
But before the Enron and WorldCom scandals galvanized Congress to act, efforts to require companies to assure that their controls were adequate had been repeatedly frustrated.
For most of us Boomers, it was President Kennedy's inaugural speech on Jan . 20 , 1961that first galvanized us to act.
She galvanized them to act together, with a determination that drew on spiritual power and a determination that a better life was possible.
Today's strong dollar has perhaps not gone far enough either to embolden protectionism or to galvanize resolve to act.
The Roman Catholic Church shares with other faiths the ability to galvanize people to act from a spiritual well founded on love of God and neighbor rather than political doctrine.
A 1980 car crash galvanized her desire to act, and she redoubled her efforts, taking lessons and appearing sporadically in supporting roles in film and television.
"This is an event that can be used to inspire and galvanize the public to act.
And because of the guaranteed Russian obstructionism of any action through the U.N. Security Council, the U.N. cannot galvanize the world to act, as it should.
Mr. Kerry said the United Nations could not respond to the Syrian chemical weapons attack because of Russia's veto authority on the Security Council, which prevents the Council from galvanizing "the world to act, as it should".
For Michael Bakunin and his various friends, editors, students, and hangers-on, the Romantic Revolution becomes a kind of galvanizing force, energizing these rich kids to act.
