Sentence examples for certainly provoke from inspiring English sources

These will almost certainly provoke more anger.

They will certainly provoke a debate here.

Today's announcement will almost certainly provoke a backlash from social conservatives.

Moreover, any effort to conduct a wider re-examination would almost certainly provoke a backlash at the country's intelligence agencies.

But they can certainly provoke a smile and a "hmph" and that feeling of mental constraint-and-release which is the essence of laughter.

His threat to impose 45% tariffs on China, if implemented, would certainly provoke retaliation by the Chinese and herald the beginnings of a new era of protectionism.

But the inaction has certainly provoked second-guessing.

It has certainly provoked conversations and some pretty terrible jokes.

It certainly provokes thought, and I'm all for that.

It certainly provoked a lot of other questions in response, both overt and implicit.

Study # 3 certainly provokes a typically Forsythean mix of exhilaration and alienation.