Sentence examples for a pattern of provocation from inspiring English sources

Are we seeing the beginning of a pattern of provocation that will have the effect, intended or not, of fostering an isolationist politics in the United States?

"What we are seeing now is really a continuation of a pattern of provocation which has persisted for over half a century".

He added that the nuclear accord with Iran had led to "a continued pattern of provocation" under Obama.

He says the North's pattern of provocation suggests it is holding out for a peace treaty to replace the old armistice.

But each time the pattern of provocation, punishment and countermoves replays itself there are some fresh twists, adding an air of volatility to the North Korean crisis.

North Korea's announcement — coming so soon after the uranium enrichment deal — fit a historical, ever-shifting pattern of provocations and reconciliations that American officials had hoped might change under the country's new leader, Kim Jong-un.

A pattern of deception!

A Pattern of Death.

Particularly worrisome is the fact that all three of the Baltic Republics, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, have been seeing an intensifying pattern of Russian provocation and attempts at political intimidation.

This was a work of provocation".

It began as a bit of provocation.