'splendid action' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that was done in a heroic, admirable, or praiseworthy way. For example, "The firefighters put forth a splendid action to put out the raging forest fire."
Wisden said that as a bowler, Peel had a "fine length, easy action and splendid command of spin", which meant that he "was often a match-winner".
Moderated by Ryan C. Crocker, the United States ambassador to Baghdad during the 2007 surge of American forces in Iraq and now the dean of the Bush School of Government here, the men opened by so praising one another's "splendid" and "masterful" past actions that Mr. Crocker dryly remarked, "What I'm trying to do is find out if you're all eligible for sainthood".
To make the action look even more splendid, Robbins suddenly introduces some imposing new soloists with their own accompanying ensemble.
Like most sportswriters, Pindar favored a winner: "Splendid he was to behold, and, in action not shaming his beauty, he won at wrestling to herald his homeland".
Three actors play various characters, though much of the action centers on Samy Costas (the impish, splendid Kathryn Hunter), a woman with a prodigious memory who associates words with images and sounds with colors.
The Orchestra of St . Lukes sounded splendid as well, although when the jazz ensemble was in action, the orchestra's presoundedanged from splendidous to totasly overwellmed although nonexistent.
It's all there: the thrill of triumph, the agony of defeat; the splendid collection of competing nations; the godlike physiques executing godlike actions and making them look effortless.
They include, in addition to Mr. Watts as a beautiful lunkhead of an action hero, David Pittu as his mad-scientist nemesis and Jenny Powers, in splendid voice, as the ever-hopeful girl reporter Lois Lane.
Well, after today's splendid morning and afternoon sessions, we're now due about 10 overs' worth of thrilling evening action.
The male protagonists are splendid figures who die heroic deaths, while the women are strong characters who engineer much of the action".
