Sentence examples for attempt to provoke from inspiring English sources

I think it was a deliberate provacation, an attempt to provoke what went down.

He called the media leak a "hawkish" attempt to provoke North Korea.

Others see it as an attempt to provoke America into a holy war.

It was a brazen attempt to provoke Mr Gascoigne so valuable photographs could be taken.

Some in Belize say the incursions are part of an attempt to provoke a military clash.

According to the police report, Rettke said the stunt was an attempt to provoke the protesters.

Protestant leaders said the shooting was an attempt to provoke retaliatory violence by Protestants.

Most likely it was an attempt to provoke Mikheil Saakashvili, the volatile Georgian president, into an ill-judged retaliation.

In the meeting today, Matthaus explained the most recent outburst as an attempt to provoke a reaction from his teammates.

"The rally is not about free speech but a deliberate attempt to provoke tension and antisemitism," he said.

July describes herself as "consciously feminist", so was it a deliberate attempt to provoke a discussion about women's physicality?