Sentence examples for singular act from inspiring English sources

It was a singular act of courage.

It was a singular act of gracelessness.

All three constitute a singular act of witness.

That singular act of destruction impressed on employees that poor quality would no longer be acceptable.

Investigators are poring over the footage, a disturbing silent film capturing what is perhaps a singular act of violence: a woman being burned to death.

To many Jews in Turkey, the synagogue massacre last weekend, which took the lives of 21 worshipers, represents more than a singular act of horror.

If "Actéon" is a registered member of a civilized society, Purcell's opera is one of those singular acts that stand outside period style and historical progression.

LOS ANGELES — One week into his major league career, this much has become clear about Yasiel Puig, the Cuban outfielder with the alluring name: The balls that rocket off his bat, the throws that prompt stop signs by opposing third-base coaches and the force and abandon with which he runs are more than singular acts that may help the Los Angeles Dodgers win a particular game.

Our common concepts, on the other hand, are just singular acts of our singular minds.

If it were not possible that singular acts of subversion (e.g. a solitary egalitarian marriage) could expose patriarchies as arbitrary and impermanent, then what could?

Singular acts of extreme brutality, especially if we can attach a face to them, make for very compelling news items in our 24-hour news-media cycle.