How to Use jump into action in a Sentence
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The one thing that might prompt Congress to jump into action?
— Anne Sraders, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2020 -
When a storm does develop – the right kind of storm, with good size and clouds with enough moisture – Mr. Couch and the other pilots jump into action.
— Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2021 -
That can be frustrating for parents who want to jump into action.
— Mara Klecker, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021 -
People may not be inclined to jump into action because of a text message.
— Amir Levi, Forbes, 28 June 2022 -
Truett and his team were prepared to jump into action to snuff out the active Telegraph and Mescal fires burning through eastern Arizona.
— Nick Martin, The New Republic, 22 June 2021 -
While others stay too long in the planning phase to design the perfect business, lucky people jump into action.
— Liana Zavo, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Tavaras didn't hesitate to jump into action, stopping his car and running into head-on traffic to save the boy.
— Amy Wray, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021 -
The next line of defense: Memory cells that jump into action to make new virus-fighters if an infection sneaks in.
— Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022 -
Click on the little envelope icon below their bio and your email program will jump into action.
— Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022 -
Situational awareness Know when to jump into action and make suggestions and when to stay out of the way.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021 -
That will foster the test-and-feel attitude and their capacity to jump into action.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Beyond Antibodies When a virus enters the body for the first time, B cells jump into action and produce antibodies to fight it off.
— Allison Whitten, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2020 -
While the Rosengren boys were able to help each other get to shore, Maura said Pete noticed a friend's 9-year-old son was struggling, which prompted her husband to jump into action.
— Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2021 -
To be ready to jump into action, interested people should sign up to be volunteers sooner rather than later.
— Matt Berg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022 -
When inconvenient news erupts on the Chinese internet, the censors jump into action.
— Paul Mozur, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2021 -
Putin usually promises to look into the issues and local officials jump into action, with the implicit threat that those who fail to will face punishment.
— Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 30 June 2021 -
Another type called memory B cells jump into action to make lots of new antibodies.
— Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2021 -
After hours calls for emergency repairs are very costly and difficult to schedule, but some companies jump into action quickly for a loyal customer.
— Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2022 -
When opportunity knocked in the midst a global pandemic, mariachi music champion Jeff Nevin didn’t hesitate to jump into action.
— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
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