Sentence examples for avoid provoking from inspiring English sources

Narkiss was to avoid provoking a confrontation with Jordan.

To avoid provoking more anger, we used the helicopter".

The policy is containment — to avoid provoking greater conflict.

As in the Netherlands, the argument against doing so is to avoid provoking retaliation.

Mr. Singh quickly devalued the rupee, but in two stages, to avoid provoking political opposition.

Thus, in all three territories conservative governments anxious to avoid provoking South Africa emerged in the first elections after independence.

The possible delay of the joint exercises was seen in South Korea as an effort to avoid provoking China.

Mr. Perry's success as a civil rights lawyer was owed in part to his conscious effort to avoid provoking confrontations.

The Supreme Court suggested keeping the set-up for two more elections, to avoid provoking social strife.

Mr Bush was trying to avoid provoking a Soviet intervention, saying: "I'm not going to go dance on the wall".

Despite Ban's warning, some North Korea experts believe the regime wants to avoid provoking a potentially catastrophic inter-Korea conflict.