Sentence examples for useful act from inspiring English sources

So in case anybody thinks Michele Bachman or Sarah Palin are clowns because they misspeak or don't know their history or they say silly things: that's just an act, and it's a useful act.

Leaking classified information is a crime, and it can be damaging to the national interest; but, in some circumstances, it can also be a patriotic and useful act that helps bring about necessary reforms.

Contributing lawyers get publicity and credit for the socially useful act of adding to a public database, and visitors get free information, said Aviva Cuyler, a former litigator in Marshall, Calif., who founded the business.

By publishing stories about the emails, he says, the media are performing a "socially useful act" by revealing exactly how unsafe digital information really is.

I come away from reading Going Rogue feeling that it would be a useful act of citizenship for all those who feel prejudice towards her to read her book and meet her on her own turf in order to heal the lingering prejudices.

He found the party to be "insanely dangerous" to Barack Obama's presidency and the US, and said of them in an interview for The Guardian, "in case anybody thinks Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin are clowns because they misspeak or don't know their history or they say silly things: that's just an act, and it's a useful act.

Attacking bad books, these reviews were useful acts in defense of civilization.

Wouldn't the most useful first act be for the leaders of the Arab world, our alleged allies, to denounce acts of terror against Israel?

But sometimes it's useful to act as if you couldn't find your ass with both hands".

Minaj has not always been on the side of purism, but lately she has found it useful to act as a hip-hop traditionalist.

It has been useful to act as the patient.