Sentence examples for able to provoke from inspiring English sources

Kobe was uniquely able to provoke Shaq's nasty and strange side.

"One of Hitchcock's greatest thrills was being able to provoke essentially the same reactions from audiences as far apart as Tokyo or Sydney and London," Ackroyd says.

Throughout "Restless Eye," Neumann is able to provoke smiles, if not laughs, which is always a relief in what has the potential to be a "serious" dance.

Maybe, but the depressing lesson of the past five years is that the policymakers have only been able to provoke brief and small bursts of growth and confidence.

In this way, the report addresses the greater mystery of the Brown shooting: How was it able to provoke such rage, and drive so many people into the street?

A lot of people read her for the pleasure of disagreement, and the resentment she was able to provoke — in critical targets and rival critics — is surely evidence of power.

Obama has proved to be more able than anyone to provoke Trump, said Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist.

However, in one patient, paresthesias were not able to be provoked, and instead stimulation parameter adjustments were made during a spontaneous CH attack judging from the obtained therapeutic response.

Realistic people are less able to be provoked and can see (or make it look like) what the other person is saying is stupid or not-funny, as well as not taking it personally, remaining composed and ready with a witty comment that could gain you more respect and leave the other person in stunned silence.

I want to give you the benefit of the doubt and say that Owen was trying to provoke Michael into being able to make a fist, but is that how you approached the scene, or was he just calling Michael out?

Among intracellular ROS, which are able to induce DNA damage, H2O2 is known to provoke an appearance of both SSBs and DSBs that can trigger DDR [ 38].