Sentence examples for clear provocation from inspiring English sources

Being fired on once without any clear provocation was troubling enough.

A video showed one of the men being shot after making no clear provocation.

Back then we felt that they were a clear provocation against the Muslim community, not so this time though.

ADAM GOPNIK: Not sure in what way you mean — the English name is a clear provocation in a French context, but there's something admirable about the courage,no?

Democrats say that despite what they see as clear provocation, they are in no hurry to change the new rules after just two months in place.

"It was a clear provocation," said Hanna Tibi, who lives in the same apartment block as the fiancé of Mr. Jamal's daughter.

Dmitri O. Rogozin, Russia's ambassador to NATO, called the expulsions a "clear-cut provocation," saying that Russia was not engaging in spying and indicating that it would retaliate.

A senior Obama administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told reporters on Feb. 18 that the enrichment step and related Iranian moves were clear provocations.

Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Beijing in May 1989, the first by a Soviet leader in 30 years, made Chinese leaders reluctant to suppress the Tiananmen Square protests—until he had gone.At least some of China's recent reluctance to confront Taiwan or the United States, despite what it regards as clear provocations, could also relate to its bid for the Olympics.

All of these are clear provocations and when seen in combination make clear Israel's intention to maintain its control over the West Bank, making impossible the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.

Dick Armey, the House Republican leader, said last week that using force without clearer provocation was unjustified, and Senator Chuck Hagel noted that President Bush had failed so far to make the case for military action.