Sentence examples for served an act from inspiring English sources

Justice must be served, an act that necessarily involves Josh.

Officers served a Public Order Act notice, saying the crowd might cause serious damage to property or disrupt the life of the community.

Mr. Blagojevich has urged President Bush to reduce Mr. Ryan's sentence to time served as an act of compassion.

Since 1999 it has given away $145m to organisations in the areas it serves, a generous act but also a strategic one.

There were the gusts that turned the ball toss on serves into an act of faith and then there were the sudden shifts of momentum.

Jane Smiley, no stranger to outlandish sex scenes herself, reviews the book for the Washington Post, in the form of a bedtime conversation between herself and her partner, where the discussion seems to serve as an act of extended foreplay ("Jane: Are you asleep? Jack: Not if you turn out the light").

The increase in the duration of the succeeding call after a long gap (time gap with the previous call) could thus serve as an act of relationship repair.

In that sense, the cartoons serve as an act of recognition of Muslims as equal citizens in Western democracies.

When you find yourself opposed to a political party or even an individual leader who has taken over the government, development can serve as an act of civil disobedience.

Tunick hoped the work would serve as an act of peaceful protest, combatting the hateful rhetoric Donald Trump and his followers have directed at women, through the simple power of collective creation. .

Importantly, sex workers characterised these actions of the police as "theft" or "robbery" rather than bribery, a strategic reframing that may in itself serve as an act of resistance.