Sentence examples for ordinary act of from inspiring English sources

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

It was an ordinary act of legislation, prescribing the conditions upon which the state consented to waive the privilege of sovereignty.

The small, ordinary act of sending an e-mail or making a search or looking up directions may seem revelatory, in and of itself.

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.

WASHINGTON — When the House voted this week to end and replace the National Security Agency's once-secret program that collects Americans' phone records in bulk, it was both an ordinary act of government and a striking exception to post-9/11 national security policy making.

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

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

However, this depends on whether the statute in question is a constitutional amendment or an ordinary Act of Parliament.

But he was taken aback by the surprised response to what he considered a fairly ordinary act of good citizenship.

But today I admire him less for his extraordinary act of courage than I do for his ordinary act of love.