| The company acted anticompetitively by forcing its suppliers to agree not to work with any of its rivals. |
| Ironically, it was the encloser who had acted in an unbounded manner by violating the institutional boundaries of local community power. |
| Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson. |
| He acted as the middleman in the talks between labor and management. |
| He acted on reflex, an acerebral reaction to a situation beyond his control. |
| The country acted without the sanction of the other nations. |