Sentence examples for intentional provocation from inspiring English sources

The awkward timing of the canonizations, however, was more likely a blunder by Vatican officials than an intentional provocation.

Also, he said, planes from the North came within 25 miles of the border before turning around "in an intentional provocation to raise military tension".

The very fact of the nuclear talks between Medvedev and Assad should be considered by the West as an intentional provocation on the part of the Kremlin.

Octavian sent only a tenth the number of those promised, however, which Antony viewed as an intentional provocation.

Of course this probably convinced the Soviets even more to do what they were planning to do... .. FACT: As we document in our book, "Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story," the record contradicts Brzezinski's assumption that the Soviets would have invaded had it not been for his intentional provocation to lure the Soviet's into the "Afghan trap".

Pyongyang viewed the operation as "a flagrant challenge to the Panmunjom Declaration and an intentional military provocation running counter to the positive political development on the Korean Peninsula," North Korea's state-run Central News Agency reported.

According to Cubans, this garment symbolizes a certain professionalism of "work ethics", not an intentional sexual provocation.

The bite was "deliberate, intentional and without provocation", the ruling read.

Fifa duly ruled the bite was "deliberate, intentional and without provocation" and banned the player for nine competitive Uruguay matches and four months from "all football-related activities".

The panel's ruling stated: "The commission took into account that the offence was made directly against a player while the ball was not in dispute and that the offence was deliberate and intentional and without provocation.

However, a seven-man Fifa panel concluded that the bite was "deliberate, intentional and without provocation".