Sentence examples for The provoking from inspiring English sources

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The provoking

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To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

  • Don't provoke the dog

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The provoking factors most commonly reported at 20-year follow-up were: stress (32%), sleep deprivation (13%), bright light (13%), and certain foods (10%).

The provoking novel everyone is talking about -- and if they are not, they should be -- is The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis.

The provoking dose of mannitol to cause a 15% fall in FEV1 (PD15) was calculated by linear interpolation of the relationship between the percent fall in FEV1 at the end of the MCT test and the cumulative dose of mannitol required (in mg) to provoke this fall.

Patients in whom provocation was successful (susceptible) showed (further) increased MT in the provoking condition compared to lying condition, while no increase from lying to provoking condition was apparent in the patients unsusceptible to provocation.

By the Blair era, it was Labour's turn to do the provoking.

We must not let him, but we must not do the provoking ourselves.

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The provoked positions are the real stances of the newspaper.

The prosecution provoked protests around the world.

The decisions of the managers provoked puzzlement.

The cover provoked strong reactions.

The news provoked an uproar.

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