Act in a sentence

But down beneath me in a cleft of the hills there was a circle of the old stone huts, and in the middle of them there was one which retained sufficient roof to act as a screen against the weather.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

He must act at once, or his victim might get beyond his power.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I act entirely from a sense of public duty.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It was a prostrate man face downward upon the ground, the head doubled under him at a horrible angle, the shoulders rounded and the body hunched together as if in the act of throwing a somersault.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

To act the spy upon a friend was a hateful task.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

His first act was to establish himself as near to his ancestral home as he could, and his second was to cultivate a friendship with Sir Charles Baskerville and with the neighbours.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

When a crisis comes, as it will do, I will direct how you shall act.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

MORE TO FOLLOW


Dictionary

Merriam-Webster
— the doing of a thing : DEED
More >

Macmillan
— a single thing that someone does
More >

Other Word Forms

acted
acting
acts


Usage

7 uses of ‘act’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle