Sentence examples for as a provocation from inspiring English sources

Riot police showed up too, which some of the protesters took as a provocation, attacking their van.

Her work is certainly sexually provocative, or it uses sexual imagery as a provocation.

As a provocation, it was masterfully timed.

Some residents see this as a provocation.

The attack succeeded as a provocation, too.

It might be seen as a provocation.

Renzi described the figure as a provocation.

Ewa Kopacz, Poland's prime minister, described it as a "provocation".

The opening title arrives as a provocation, a mission statement.

It might well be taken as a provocation.

Catholics have traditionally viewed Orange Order parades through their neighborhoods as a provocation.