Sentences with 'enact'
Example sentences and phrases with the word enact and other words derived from it.
• « Attempts by royal officials to enact reforms similar to those undertaken by Richelieu in France failed; even as Spain lost the Dutch revolt, it sought to finance the Catholic forces of the Thirty Years' War, thereby undermining its own financial reserves and stretching its military power to the limit. »
• « Thus, barely five years into the Revolution, control was now in the hands of a small dictatorial committee of radicals who used violent repression to hold the nation together, continue the war against almost all of Europe and, soon, enact even more radical measures. »
• « Parliament did not enact the Tea Act of 1773 in order to punish the colonists, assert parliamentary power or even raise revenue. »