A very nice symbolic action, but on its own it gets us exactly nowhere.

Language is symbolic action and I could do nothing.

The British, despite their support of the existing regime, only took a few symbolic actions without real impact.

Environmental communication is also a type of symbolic action that serves two functions.

And there is precedent in corporate America of symbolic actions leading to executive change.

People who follow this religion believe that doing something with words, thoughts, symbolic actions, etc. can make things in the real world change.

By this symbolic action, these cities demand a stay of all executions worldwide.

When it comes to effecting social change, one could almost say that substance follows symbolic action.

"Well, I suppose one more stupid symbolic action won't hurt any more than all the others."

Good soap opera, but also they are symbols, and symbolic action is still action.