Sentence examples for extreme provocation from inspiring English sources

"I think this one is extreme provocation.

Only under extreme provocation does he speak up in his own defense.

"In our view, Standard Chartered has acted with pragmatism and integrity in the face of extreme provocation".

But yesterday's performance, often in the face of extreme provocation, showed the force had learnt much from those bruising encounters.

He said a formal move to recognise a Palestinian state would be in response to "extreme provocation from Netanyahu".

Had we been allowed to take the extreme provocation into account we would have undoubtedly have reached a different verdict".

In the face of extreme provocations from Israel, not one rocket has been fired into Israel by Hamas or other Palestinian factions; indeed, notwithstanding increasingly desperate attempts by the Israeli government and its propagandists to depict the protests as a military threat, Israel has suffered not a single casualty.

Gould liked extremes and provocations, and they abound in this brisk reading.

Police commanders, meantime, strongly defended the shootings as justified acts of self-defense in the face of what had appeared to be extreme danger and provocation by young men with criminal histories, and they moved quickly to highlight the differences with earlier shootings by undercover officers, including that of Patrick M. Dorismond in Midtown Manhattan two weeks ago.

And yet Sharif is showing no sign of making life easier for himself by appeasing the army, which was driven to distraction last year by an extreme act of provocation: the government's historic decision to try a former army chief, Pervez Musharraf, for treason.

North Korea's recent actions, and threats to conduct more "extreme acts of provocation," demonstrate that it has no interest in peace, Park said in a speech to parliament.