in the act (of doing something)

phrase

: in the process of doing something

When they arrived, I was just in the act of starting to make dinner.

Examples of in the act (of doing something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If a teacher could catch the kids in the act and take their picture, the students lost points. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026

Officials arrived at the cave one night after carefully tracking the robbers — and caught them in the act. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026

But this time Kritzer got in the act while dominating the glass at both ends of the floor. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

His account reveals an author searching for his true self and finding it, amid unceasing toil, in the act of observation. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026