Here, gratefully borrowed from various sources, is a list of 10 action verbs to open your mind and spark your imagination. The more specific you can be with an action, the better. Consider these ...

Nothing really happens when there's no direct object to take the action: "The woman spurned last week." "Her suitor found yesterday." When a transitive verb can't act on anything, in fact ...

At its core, language is all about the action — to wit, the verbs. Duolingo has, to be sure, taught my daughter a nice little collection of verbs. But if I could wave a magic wand, she’d know ...

On the other hand, a sentence is active when the subject performs the verb (action). For example, in this sentence the verb is active. Mr Brewer kicked the ball Whereas, in this sentence the verb ...