Sentence examples similar to while in the act of performing something from inspiring English sources

You may catch a bird in the act of something you'd rather not see.

While in the act of digging, turn on the sprinkler.

He was so caught up in the act of scandalizing sensibilities that it took him a while to notice something.

At Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art this fall, I watched Gates and his Black Monks of Mississippi perform something he calls "Church in Five Acts".

In the act of shooting.

'Any act of an employee or agent, to become the act of the corporation, must be performed by the employee while acting within the scope of his employment.

The general's paramour, while trying to decide which dress to wear for their rendezvous, performs something close to a magic act.

In March of that year she performed the act of protest for which she is best remembered: while returning home from a conference of the International Women Suffrage Alliance in Rome, she removed her face veil in a Cairo train station, causing a commotion.

Even in such a case she performs Sn only by virtue of intentionally performing some other set of speech acts S1, …, Sn−1; it is difficult to see how one can perform Sn while having no intention of performing a speech act at all.

An immigrant is typically interested in getting a job, while victims of human trafficking are lured for the purpose of performing forced work or sex acts.

Sleepwalking, or somnambulism, is the act of getting out of bed and walking around (or performing other activities) while sleeping.