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How to use the word action in a Sentence? Page #7

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

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I am confident that the appointment of Mary Wakefield will be instrumental in accomplishing our goals to modernize and optimize The CDC, it is clear that Mary Wakefield is an action-oriented leader who can lead effective change.

Rochelle Walensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Being invested in kids programming, especially live-action, means being all in, you can't just have a couple of shows and hope that suffices. It requires a multi-year plan.

Julia Alexander

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With today's action, I am freeing up more gas supply and removing any impediments to gas delivery to cut down wait times at stations.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am taking action to help address Michigan's fuel needs after a fire and power outage at a BP refinery in Indiana, the impacts of the outage at the Whiting facility will be widespread across our region, and I am taking proactive steps to help Michiganders get the fuel they need to drive their cars and help businesses keep their products moving.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This a bailout enacted by executive overreach akin to the administration’s illegal employer vaccine mandate and eviction moratorium that were struck down by the Supreme Court, like those examples of Biden's regulatory state, this action should also be challenged in court.

Alfredo Ortiz

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Discipline alone -- so just the number of games one gets suspended -- is not enough to curb behavior or deter future action.

Anna Isaacson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It kind of left us with no choice because if they (city officials) say report this way, and that reporting doesn't work or results in any kind of indifference for the community. Then the system's broken and we need action to address the problem.

Amy Dinn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are working to find a collaborative path forward. We don't have action on that to report yet. But we will -- soon. Our board fully recognizes the disruption and concern felt by our children and families and across Columbus, to our school community, like you, we are saddened by this start to the school year.

School Board President Jennifer Adair

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Listen Director Inspector General( of police), we're not going to let you go, we're going to file a case against you. And madam magistrate you should also get ready, we will take action against you.

Imran Khan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For the first time ever, our policy explicitly states that a non-citizen's unlawful presence in the United States will not, by itself, be a basis for the initiation of an enforcement action.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Strike action will cause huge disruption and will generate massive shockwaves throughout the UK’s supply chain, but this dispute is entirely of the company’s own making, it [the company] has had every opportunity make our members a fair offer but has chosen not to do so.

Bobby Morton

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

The genes coding for type I antifreeze proteins are likely recent additions to the fish genome and may be actively expanding to additional copies, it's like catching evolution in action.

John Burns

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The short answer is yes, top Arizona water officials need the threat of action by the federal government.

Tom Buschatzke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This unprecedented action does demand unprecedented transparency, i just want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the AG accountable for the decision he made without attacking rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI. The Republican Party is the party of law and order. The Republican Party stands with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.

Mike Pence

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thank you Gov. Wolf for your leadership and for taking bold action to protect and affirm LGBTQ young people across the Commonwealth, we urge the state legislature to pass comprehensive state-wide protections and for governors across the nation to follow the Keystone State's lead in ending this abusive practice.

Troy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Following these inspections, we took immediate action to address issues and reiterated our safety expectations with store teams, the safety of our employees and customers is of paramount importance to us, and we will continue to work cooperatively with Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Dollar General

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.

New York

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple - get vaccinated against polio, polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.

Ashwin Vasan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What I am looking for is the predicate for the search, was the information provided to the judge sufficient and necessary to authorize a raid on the former president's home within ninety days of the midterm election ? I am urging, actually insisting, the DOJ and the FBI lay their cards on the table as to why this course of action was necessary.

Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm extremely concerned by the shelling yesterday at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which underlines the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond, military action jeopardizing the safety and security of the Zaporizhzya nuclear power plant is completely unacceptable and must be avoided at all costs.

Rafael Mariano Grossi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've never seen drips get better in time. They always get worse, so Barbara Reich want to make sure Barbara Reich take action to prevent that.

Kurt Clason

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Had she not voted to impeach President Trump, it might not have generated this much action against her, there were a lot of Republicans who felt like she was not really representing us well anyway, but she was the best option at that point. Now we have some better options.

Herrera Beutler.Treva Mahar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is the action the American people have been waiting for.This addresses the problems of today — high health care costs and overall inflation — as well as investments in our energy security for the future.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If the mayor wants a solution to this crisis, she should call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border — something he has failed to do. The true ongoing humanitarian crisis is along our southern border.

Texas Gov. Abbott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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