Sentence examples for failed to provoke from inspiring English sources

I also think that it's failed to provoke action.

Her performance failed to provoke a complaint from either of two sometimes "old school" managers, Steve Bruce and Ian Holloway.

Sadly, says Polman, the move failed to provoke a necessary debate about the realities of humanitarian assistance.

The IAP Expo held in Lobby 7 failed to provoke much excitement inm a student body still struggling with end-of-term stress.

The effort has failed to provoke any major street demonstrations, but it has led to a fierce crackdown by the authorities.

For the most part, the efforts by Iranian agents and local surrogates failed to provoke widespread or lasting unrest, the officials said.

As each interrogative fails to provoke some quaint Isaac Bashevis Singerstyle vignette about life in the shtetl, my father starts to panic.

Looking back on how much I used to care and manage never fails to provoke feelings of guilt.

A slow-moving flood with a death toll of about 1,500 people fails to provoke a similar reaction.

While violence never fails to provoke and disturb, it's the absence in its wake that continues to affect us.

A victory for leave – a 10% chance, according to the bookmakers, as the polls closed – couldn't fail to provoke a strong market reaction.