'vital act' can be used in written English
It is typically used to refer to an action or decision that is of great importance. For example, "The President's signing of the new trade deal was seen as a vital act for the future of the country."
The window is closing on this tactically vital act of damage limitation.
But Mr. Frantz and Ms. Collins have performed a vital act of reclamation.
Its vital Act III character dances, by Tom Bosma, are exceptionally compelling.
When the lights dim in the playhouse, we become a community of witnesses — a vital act of citizenship in these difficult times.
In spite of what Keats and Omar Khayyam and all those other saturated poets may have swashed down in verse over the years, drinking is not in itself a necessary, creative or vital act.
After explaining what democracy was, a pamphlet outlined why Deposing a chief-of-state is a vital act.
Our collective vision of Anne is always in peril of drifting into somber martyrdom (if you haven't read the diary in a few years, it's easy to think of her this way), and the so-called trespasses on her memory are really vital acts of defibrillation.
To be a true sensitive potency, Wodeham insists that it must be a living form (viva forma); if it were not, it would not be able to receive "living" or vital acts, among which apprehensive and appetitive acts are numbered.
Thankfully, since Jan .20, Ono has been offering helpful tips for partaking in basic but vital acts of self-care. .
Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine likewise gave it four stars out of five and said that "Though it may not fit comfortably alongside any other albums in Wilco's catalogue, Sky Blue Sky is further confirmation that, even at their most retro, they're among contemporary pop music's most vital acts".
Back to the stage: When the musical "Annie Two" opened, in 1989, the dog playing Sandy several times missed a bark cue in the second act: a vital bit of business in the plot.
