How to Use in the act (of doing something) in a Sentence

in the act (of doing something)

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• But this is the first time scientists caught a star in the act.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
• Nearly half of shoplifters (48%) have been caught in the act.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• Suman catches her in the act, and the two women chat about their grief.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
• There is even grainy cell phone video that purports to catch Kry in the act.
  — Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• The women have been told that demons were to blame, until one man is caught in the act.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
• Would her principal chase her around town trying to catch her in the act?
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Aug. 2023
• Some leaders in the country have voiced support for those caught in the act.
  — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• One of her regular clients, a 60-year-old, dies while in the act.
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
• If caught in the act of learning, the punishment could be jail, fines, or even death.
  — Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
• The clerk thanked the women for taking part in the act of charity.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
• The twist is that in the act of the search, maybe AGI improves.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
• The state is also testing the use of radar and cameras to catch taggers in the act.
  — Melissa Santos, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
• When police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act of robbing the store.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• But no star has ever been caught in the act of gulping down a planet this way—until now.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
• For each of them, there’s an underlying sense of play in the act of getting dressed.
  — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2023
• The referees ruled Wood was in the act of shooting and awarded her two free throws.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• The daughter was nearby and ran over, catching Cu in the act, police said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
• Their elderly hosts, however, catch them in the act and have … other plans.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Oct. 2022
• As the straight man in the act, Weissmuller performed classic dives from the ten-meter platform.
  — David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
• Caught in the act, the bear fled, leaving the dead ram dangling atop the farm fence, and leaving Remple shaken.
  — Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
• Many undercover officers worked all night on the streets, hoping to catch the shooter in the act.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
• Unfortunately for Clark, an usher at the arena caught him in the act.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2022
• The following year, police caught a rapist in the act and sampled his DNA.
  — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• Authorities caught wind of the plot and set up a hidden camera in the visiting room, catching him in the act, records say.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
• Harry catches her in the act and calls her out for planning to plant fake DNA evidence.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
• At one point, Jensen said, the police bureau deployed a series of overnight missions to attempt to catch burglars in the act.
  — oregonlive, 19 June 2022
• She was imprisoned for six months in 1923, having been caught in the act of mailing the offending items.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
• In this picture frozen in time from more than 300 million years ago, the two galaxies on the bottom right are caught in the act of merging.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
• Tonight’s biggest play of the game came when the Jazz cut the Wizards’ lead to six, and then Gay fouled a Kuzma in the act of a three.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
• McMahon’s wife, Linda, and their adult children, Shane and Stephanie, took on various roles in the act, too.
  — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023