Sentence examples for directly provoked from inspiring English sources
In part, that is because they are so random, never directly provoked by the victims, except in the psychosis of the attacker.
Israeli military commanders said this sort of coverage has directly provoked attacks against its forces, including the killing of the two soldiers here on Oct. 12. "They call us murderers, and they show pictures of Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian children, day and night," said Tsionit Kuperwasser, an Israeli colonel who monitors Palestinian news coverage.
Most on stage refused to engage Paladino, and he stammered through his prepared answers -- often failing to rebut when directly provoked.
This also argues against the assumption that the documented seizures might be directly provoked by the initially administered toxins.
This is due to both mortality (either directly provoked by IBV itself or due to subsequent bacterial infection) and lost egg production.
Jacobs, who did a mock J-E-T-S chant after breaking off a long run, said he did nothing to directly provoke Ryan.
A second point, subtler still, is that the New Imperialism, while it did not directly provoke World War I, did occasion a transformation of alliances that proved dangerous beyond reckoning once the great powers turned their attention back to Europe.
Of course the inspiration of Mikhail Fokine's choreography for Diaghilev, and the flashy, fleshly costumes of Léon Bakst, didn't directly provoke the couturier Paul Poiret to relinquish the corset, or induce Gabrielle Chanel to simplify a froth of belle epoque evening gown towards the little black dress.
Directly provoking or publicly condoning terrorism in France now commands a five-year jail term and a fine of €75,000.
One senior MP from Angela Merkel's CDU party complained: "The new leadership in Athens is taking the liberty of directly provoking Germany.
In both straight and gay bars, twinks and women were blamed for instances of aggression such as these that they did not directly provoke.
