Sentence examples for a sort of provocation from inspiring English sources
But the mere existence of growth of military power is a sort of provocation to other nations... Gen'l.
But many commentators have called it a sort of provocation, given the lingering hurt of the incident and the tensions that persist here over race, class and French identity.
These are all things I legitimately do feel, but would never widely share without any sort of provocation.
He's a writer of a terribly playful sort of provocation, who, like all the greatest artists, is willing to let you go if you will: "But perhaps it is now you, reader, who, buffeted by all these possibilities, tired of these manoeuvres that have you stamping with impatience at the threshold of this work, have one and for all lost your desire to know more about it.
2) Of course: you have to nip this sort of provocation in the bud.
The trouble with this sort of provocation is that if you criticize it, even with an involuntary emetic reflex, you end up playing a role that the instigator has written for you.
Mind you, it's the sort of provocation plenty of other punk groups have utilised and the point needs to be made that there's a clear distinction between appropriating the aesthetics of fascism and actually being a jack-booted bigot yourself.
Mind you, it's the sort of provocation plenty of other punk groups have utilized, and the point needs to be made that there's a clear distinction between appropriating the aesthetics of fascism and actually being a jack-booted bigot yourself.
In early issues, provocation is mixed with a sort of helpfulness, even good cheer.
He added: "It was a kind of provocation".
