How to Use course of action in a Sentence

course of action

noun phrase
  • The best course of action is to be forthright with the facts.
    — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Kyle told the girls that staying in the car was the best course of action.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The best course of action is to drive to the closest shelter.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
  • The best course of action is to drive to the closest shelter.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Trading him once Scott signs would be the best course of action.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Which is why Boone was asked if leaving Judge in the three-hole is the best course of action right now.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 May 2024
  • Lang said the league’s only course of action is to try to adapt to the changing landscape.
    — Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But oddly, the safest course of action is to get inside one.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • Lieb said the next course of action in this case would be an arraignment date for the younger Biden.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The best course of action is to drive towards the nearest shelter.
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The best course of action is to drive towards the nearest shelter.
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
  • The best course of action is to drive towards the nearest shelter.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The best course of action is to drive towards the nearest shelter.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
  • The best course of action is to drive towards the nearest shelter.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025
  • The simplest course of action after Friday: Get more pucks to the net.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
  • Instead, the best course of action is to avoid being around the trigger food or foods.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 7 May 2024
  • If that's the case, then taking vitamins may in fact be the right course of action.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • When this happens, one course of action is to ignore the remark and move on.
    — Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Knicks must also decide on a course of action with the pair of first-round picks (Nos. 24 and 25) in the upcoming draft.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
  • Reach out to a doctor who can help figure out if cough pearls are the best course of action to treat that gnarly cough.
    — Ayana Underwood, SELF, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The House is in recess until both parties can agree on a course of action.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
  • However, there has been conflict as to what the best course of action should be.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 June 2025
  • Five months later, that course of action appears to be the legal route.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
  • But opening the window may be our cheapest and best course of action.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The plainness of the text there has a certain force — there are times where whacking a theme with a big hammer is the best course of action.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 June 2025
  • No hearing about the matter is scheduled and the next course of action is pending.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Pritchard wasn't willing to commit to a course of action on Tuesday.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
  • No one can figure out the logic of either course of action.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But for many, the only course of action at the present moment is inaction.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 May 2025
  • At the end of the day, my wife and kids deserve more from me than my circumstances allowed, so the only course of action was to change my circumstances.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025

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