Sentence examples for a provocative item from inspiring English sources

Last week, Alexei Navalny, the recently convicted Russian opposition blogger, lawyer and candidate for the post of mayor of Moscow, posted a provocative item on his site.

He bolsters his case with his assertion that actresses who may participate in provocative item numbers have no qualms over what they're doing.

He was physically restless, quick-witted, sociable, flirtatious, and obscene; one of the more provocative items in his catalogue is a canon for six voices entitled "Leck mich im Arsch" (K. 231/382c).

· The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: The Museum's display of 20,000 provocative items is designed to give a beneath-the-surface perspective of what physicians study — and it's not always pretty.

It is only a passing reference in the Pentagon's annual spring report on Chinese military power, but it is one of the most provocative items.

"Other than we have identified some provocative items that we consider cool and edgy and truly original as accent pieces that will help to reinvent someone's home and turn it into something interesting for the mind and eye?" asks Mr. Jensen.

Roger Lowenstein triggers a provocative idea.

So, here's a provocative idea.

BEIJING — It's a provocative idea — and a disturbing one.

Mr. Hanford said that as long as people were wearing such items "as a heartfelt manifestation of their beliefs" -- rather than as a provocative act -- "this is, we believe, a basic right that should be protected".

A provocative line.