Sentence examples for a provocative thing from inspiring English sources

It was a provocative thing to say; only about eight square inches of Lycra stand between the women and nakedness.

Which means she's definitely trying to accomplish some political goal by saying such a provocative thing.

And though it's a provocative thing to say, this is a false answer to the question he posed—I don't think anyone outside of Nike HQ in Oregon dislikes Kanye because of his position on Nike.

It was a very provocative thing to do at the time, showing a finger to the South African authorities".

"That's a fairly provocative thing to say," he argued.

They describe how, in 1982, Mr. Walcott was accused of saying a number of provocative things to a woman who was a student in his poetry workshop at Harvard, including "Would you make love to me if I asked you?" When she rebuffed him, the student said, he gave her a C grade.

I mean, you know, some people have sometimes wondered about why our Supreme Court allows one group or another to march in a parade, even though it's the most provocative thing in the world, and they carry signs that are an insult to one group or another.

When he's not tied to a teleprompter, Trump often seems to say the most provocative thing that comes into his head, with little thought for the consequences for his campaign, or for the campaigns of other Republicans.

Perhaps the most provocative thing in "To America With Love" is Mr. Gill's European take on our history of immigration.

Perhaps the most provocative thing Mr. Kramer wrote for The Times was "The Blacklist and the Cold War," a 1976 article that appeared on the front page of the Arts & Leisure section.

Every time you hear that sort of pointlessly provocative thing, from Trump or another candidate, the tyranny of the calendar emerges.