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
• There is even grainy cell phone video that purports to catch Kry in the act.
  — Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• Suman catches her in the act, and the two women chat about their grief.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
• All of it was aimed at one thing: stopping a gunman in the act.
  — New York Times, 31 July 2022
• 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
• The oldest tree ever known was killed in the act of knowing.
  — Jared Farmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023
• The clerk thanked the women for taking part in the act of charity.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some leaders in the country have voiced support for those caught in the act.
  — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The following year, police caught a rapist in the act and sampled his DNA.
  — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• The referees ruled Wood was in the act of shooting and awarded her two free throws.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• Would her principal chase her around town trying to catch her in the act?
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Aug. 2023
• When police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act of robbing the store.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Scientists have wanted to catch these emitters in the act.
  — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 3 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Many undercover officers worked all night on the streets, hoping to catch the shooter in the act.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
• Their elderly hosts, however, catch them in the act and have … other plans.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Unfortunately for Clark, an usher at the arena caught him in the act.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Mobile radar lets scientists get close enough to catch storms in the act of producing a tornado.
  — Melissa Gaskill, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
• Yes, the groups named in the act should have the ability to become naturalized citizens.
  — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024