Sentence examples for ordinary act from inspiring English sources

The ordinary act of dropping off a friend at a hotel was made extraordinary by her intention.

They give a sort of permanence to transitions, and impart to the otherwise ordinary act of driving somewhere a special texture and a mystery.

Well, yes, it was a Swedish car, but at the time this perfectly ordinary act of conspicuous consumption felt like -- and more to the point, was being widely promoted as -- an act of civic duty.

His first "out of the ordinary" act was to cancel a skiing trip simply because a friend had phoned up and asked him to come over to Prague and instead spend his holiday helping Jewish families desperate to leave the country.

To them, the ordinary act of beading is actually quite extraordinary.

3. What "ordinary act of grace" might you commit to this week?

Ordinary acts absorbed me utterly.

"And yet, on occasion we are reminded that in a most elemental way, one can begin to change the world through seemingly ordinary acts of empathy and magnanimity".

In Barthelme's story "The Balloon," a huge glob inflates over Manhattan, affecting ordinary acts of puzzled citizens for no apparent reason.

In the finished documentary, the montages of ordinary acts, repeated from Japan to Dubai to Las Vegas, take on a kind of profundity: waking up, brushing teeth, making lunch.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.