Sentence examples for character provokes from inspiring English sources

A poll on The Telegraph website (at time of writing) shows 86 percent of readers disagree with her interpretation of his appearance - an indication of the strength of feeling the character provokes.

His proud and pretentious character provoked frequent attacks.

In "Red Dragon" and "The Silence of the Lambs," Mr. Harris exploited Lecter's archcriminal brand of Operation Head Start, with the character provoking and stimulating particularly damaged serial killers to do their work.

Each player in the real or imagined plots -- the seekers of secrets and the keepers of secrets -- inevitably performs to character, provoking what Professor Goldberg explains is the requisite confrontation that conspiracism demands.

The hopeful little wire character provoked an almost universal outpouring of hatred from users.

And while Morrissey has in the past attracted accusations of "flirting with right-wing imagery", could the exploits of Sir Terry's fictional characters provoke a similar reaction?

Screens are pulled away again and again and someone who seems simple to judge – and Rowling's characters provoke judgment – becomes more complex.

"When I was a child, comics were relegated to stores that were clearly meant for adult men," says Bennett. "All the same, I was introduced to the characters through cartoons and feature films, and love of those characters provoked me into finding alternate routes to access comics.

Having deliberately created Emma as an unlikeable character, Louise O'Neill provokes readers to think whether they would emulate the "blame the victim" attitude that is adopted by some of the small town community in the book.

By eighth grade the student should be able to "analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character or provoke a decision".

But towards the middle of the game, you can loot people's desks in front of them and even shoot one major character without provoking reactions.