"act" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He initiates acts of pain and has had a hold over Donnie since their childhood.
- Since it set out to establish a new international code of law to deter individuals from initiating acts of war, the world's belligerents have shown scant regard for the effort.
- Because of this disregard, these decision-makers then initiate acts that are ultimately self-destructive.
- S alleges that she cried for the fear of prosecution and the prosecutor, consoling S at first, moved to initiate sexual acts which led to sexual intercourse.
- By initiating acts of war in Iraq, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan and the Sudan, President Clinton breached our supreme law - just as his predecessors did in Korea, Indochina and elsewhere.
- The gang initiated numerous acts of robbery and cattle rustling from 1876 through 1880, most committed in New Mexico.
- Nevertheless, he said, the President had initiated "acts of war" in the Persian Gulf, including a blockade against Iraq and the buildup of American forces in the region.
- Eduard Pons Prades, in 1942, formed part of an anti-fascist group in France, was in the group Solidaridad Española, initiating acts of sabotage, and worked with the group Ponzán.
- Hooking up is unique for when and why the sexual encounter occurs: instead of building a relationship before initiating sexual acts (from kissing to intercourse), hooking up allows the participants to become intimate without the expectation of commitment.
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