1.   An assured, contemplative first novel, about a man and his three sons, whose action unfolds over the course of a decade.

2.   He often sits or stands with arms folded as he watches the action unfold.

3.   I found it so easy to sit back and let the action unfold.

4.   In an opera whose main characters are nocturnal animals, and whose action unfolds after dark, the night sounds are disappointingly tame.

5.   One additional court action unfolded in Tallahassee on Thursday.

6.   Terminology and description become common because an announcer can convey to a fan exactly what he or she is thinking as the action unfolds.

7.   The action unfolds back when everything was brand-spanking-new so far as man boldly going where no one had gone before.

8.   The action unfolds in a present-day bedroom, elegantly decorated with deep-blue brocade wallpaper and Chippendale furniture.

9.   The action unfolds in an all-purpose committee room, which set designer Bill Eigenbrodt makes look governmental with numbing expanses of gray marble and white pillars.

10.   The action unfolds against a landscape of perpetual rain, with water tumbling like mist onto the stage.