How to Use in the act (of doing something) in a Sentence
in the act (of doing something)
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But this is the first time scientists caught a star in the act.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
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There is even grainy cell phone video that purports to catch Kry in the act.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
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Suman catches her in the act, and the two women chat about their grief.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
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All of it was aimed at one thing: stopping a gunman in the act.
—New York Times, 31 July 2022
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The women have been told that demons were to blame, until one man is caught in the act.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
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The oldest tree ever known was killed in the act of knowing.
—Jared Farmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023
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The clerk thanked the women for taking part in the act of charity.
—Michael Williams, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
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Some leaders in the country have voiced support for those caught in the act.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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Tonight’s biggest play of the game came when the Jazz cut the Wizards’ lead to six, and then Gay fouled a Kuzma in the act of a three.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
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The following year, police caught a rapist in the act and sampled his DNA.
—cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
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The referees ruled Wood was in the act of shooting and awarded her two free throws.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
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Would her principal chase her around town trying to catch her in the act?
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Aug. 2023
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When police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act of robbing the store.
—Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
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For each of them, there’s an underlying sense of play in the act of getting dressed.
—Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2023
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But no star has ever been caught in the act of gulping down a planet this way—until now.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
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Scientists have wanted to catch these emitters in the act.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 3 Feb. 2023
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In this picture frozen in time from more than 300 million years ago, the two galaxies on the bottom right are caught in the act of merging.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
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She was imprisoned for six months in 1923, having been caught in the act of mailing the offending items.
—Anna Mundow, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
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McMahon’s wife, Linda, and their adult children, Shane and Stephanie, took on various roles in the act, too.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
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Many undercover officers worked all night on the streets, hoping to catch the shooter in the act.
—Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
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Their elderly hosts, however, catch them in the act and have … other plans.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Oct. 2022
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At one point, Jensen said, the police bureau deployed a series of overnight missions to attempt to catch burglars in the act.
—oregonlive, 19 June 2022
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Drone footage captures the military in the act of burning down Let Htoke Taw village in the southern Sagaing region.
—Weiyi Cai, New York Times, 31 July 2023
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Unfortunately for Clark, an usher at the arena caught him in the act.
—Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2022
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Then a fact emerged that should have changed everything: Pratt had been in the act of raping an Andamanese woman—Tura’s wife—when he was killed.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
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Yes, he was caught on video camera in the act and the charge is sure to proven, but, to paraphrase a great rabbi, while only Zarzuela is guilty, many are responsible.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024
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Visser, hired to catch a cheating spouse and her lover in the act, ends up double-crossing and killing his client, emptying his safe and framing the wife for the murder.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
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Mobile radar lets scientists get close enough to catch storms in the act of producing a tornado.
—Melissa Gaskill, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
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Yes, the groups named in the act should have the ability to become naturalized citizens.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019
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But in some species that do require mating to have offspring, such as sheep and rodents, scientists have observed individuals that don't appear driven to engage in the act.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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