the action
noun
: the most exciting or interesting activities that are happening in a particular place
The new theater places the audience closer to the center/middle of the action.
I moved to New York City to be (a) part of the action.
Examples of the action in a Sentence
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But too often the action feels hurried, both overstaged and underscripted.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2024
Two smaller screens on either side of the stage did show the action and gave plenty of close-ups of the Wilson sisters and their talented band.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
Drawing inspiration from the beloved classic Tetris, dive into the action and start stacking and matching blocks to reach new levels of fun today.
—Fox News, 8 May 2024
From there director Wes Ball moves the action several centuries into the future.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
And their force of gravity brought practically the entire hip-hop world into their orbit, with Kanye West, Rick Ross, Future and many others either becoming collateral or trying to get in on the action to assert their own primacy.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
While many planets make up their respective universes, much of the action takes place on very similar nearly uninhabitable desert worlds covered in sand at the far reaches of their galaxies.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
Yet Cohen and Halberg create a scenario that requires the action to escalate very quickly, but don’t bother trying to create a real world in which these characters exist, much less where these events might unfold.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 May 2024
Scenes from that match start and end the film and punctuate the action throughout.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2024
Two smaller screens on either side of the stage did show the action and gave plenty of close-ups of the Wilson sisters and their talented band.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
Drawing inspiration from the beloved classic Tetris, dive into the action and start stacking and matching blocks to reach new levels of fun today.
—Fox News, 8 May 2024
From there director Wes Ball moves the action several centuries into the future.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
And their force of gravity brought practically the entire hip-hop world into their orbit, with Kanye West, Rick Ross, Future and many others either becoming collateral or trying to get in on the action to assert their own primacy.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
While many planets make up their respective universes, much of the action takes place on very similar nearly uninhabitable desert worlds covered in sand at the far reaches of their galaxies.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
Yet Cohen and Halberg create a scenario that requires the action to escalate very quickly, but don’t bother trying to create a real world in which these characters exist, much less where these events might unfold.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 May 2024
Scenes from that match start and end the film and punctuate the action throughout.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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“The action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20action. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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