How to Use acting in a Sentence

acting

1 of 2 noun

• Her acting is unusually good in this film.
• The acting is all over the place.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Maybe acting is in the cards, too?
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
• But that's where the acting came in.
  — Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• The acting across the board here is first rate.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 June 2026
• Maybe her acting or singing career would get off the ground.
  — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
• The last four films were his final acting roles.
  — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
• And acting was the number one thing on the top of the list.
  — Essence, 16 Jan. 2026
• Ever since, acting has helped shape his life.
  — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• Rogers has had a great few years in this phase of his long acting career.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
• When did acting become the dream?
  — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
• So much of acting is just waiting for the moment to come to you.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2023
• His acting is as drained of energy as the rest of the movie.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
• And all of that is apparent in her acting.
  — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
• How did the acting of it surprise you throughout the process?
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• The acting is controlled, cool.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
• Many new arrivals join acting classes to find their feet.
  — Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
• There will be six nominees in each guest acting race.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 June 2026
• The move won him back some fans and helped turn the corner in his acting career.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
• By the looks of it, their onscreen chemistry wasn’t just great acting.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2023
• Others praised Sweeney's acting in the episode.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
• The ensemble acting of it all thrills me.
  — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
• My great acting partner on this show, my good friend is no longer going to be here.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
• For the album trailer, many fans praised your acting!
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
• Collins had a nearly four-decade screen acting career.
  — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
• That's what my acting had been influenced by.
  — Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• But there is always enough in the writing, and the acting, to keep things straight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
• That’s where Johnson’s acting comes in.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
• Plumb began her acting career at the age of 6.
  — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
• How has being a mom shifted your passion for acting, or has it?
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023

acting

2 of 2 adjective

• The college's acting president will be replaced with a permanent one next fall.
• If there were an award for most acting, these guys would rate high.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2022
• One is on top of the fashion world, the other the acting scene.
  — Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
• Carrère had agreed to take a small acting role in the movie, which would star Ben Whishaw.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• What was the journey to this end point like for you from an acting and emotional standpoint?
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Here are some early thoughts about how the acting categories are shaping up.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• PinkPantheress has locked in her first-ever acting role in a movie.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
• This will be by far Kardashian's biggest acting role to date.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Apr. 2023
• Murphy's first acting role in the late 1990s turned into his big break.
  — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022
• My sketching is no good anymore, my dancing never was good and acting is getting tougher to do.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 3 June 2022
• This isn't the first time she's tried a completely different hairstyle for an acting role.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 3 June 2022
• For now, the young brothers said, getting more acting work is the priority.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022
• Greenberg, however, is quick to distance himself from the dance and acting worlds.
  — Stephanie Sporn, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
• The exciting new deal comes off the heels of her ultra-successful acting debut.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 9 Sep. 2021
• Now 23, Woods is making her acting debut in the indie film Goldie.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2020
• The track will appear in tonight’s episode of the show, which also features Morris’ acting debut.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2026
• The Kristine Carlson Story, which marks the star's first acting project in five years.
  — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2021
• But as acting mayor, she was chosen to serve the remainder of Moscone’s term and would go on to win two mayoral elections.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Both Baillio and Cannon had sweet words for Cabello and her first acting role.
  — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• This led to a last-minute audition for Ludacris, who took on his first major acting role in the Fast sequel.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• Nell Sutton makes her acting debut as the younger version of Marie-Laure.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Feb. 2022
• Pendley, a lawyer, became acting head of the BLM in late July.
  — Mike Spies, ProPublica, 20 Sep. 2019
• But the actress was so much more than a Kansas farm girl in a blue gingham dress, and her acting range reached far beyond the land of Oz.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• His final acting role was on a 1996 episode of Caroline in the City.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
• Miley Cyrus also reflected on her bond with Osment on the series, which was her first big acting role.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
• Meghan Markle may be better known as the Duchess of Sussex these days, but her acting career isn't too far behind her.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 July 2019
• Maggie Smith Dame Maggie Smith has the second-most acting wins of any actress.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
• Jenny Lewis, in her final acting role, who somehow survives with her dignity intact.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
• Jackie Aprile was named acting boss, much to the chagrin of Junior Soprano.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
• Amsterdam is not the first acting role for the 11-time Grammy Award winner.
  — Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022