Sentence examples for intentionally provoking from inspiring English sources

Was I intentionally provoking his come-ons by talking back to him?

"It would appear that Mr. Phelps is intentionally provoking these types of responses," the FBI wrote in 1993.

"But the Japanese leader has repeatedly made provocative statements, exaggerated the China threat and made much of military issues, intentionally provoking military confrontation".

It's the so-called failed audits that tend to get the most clicks, which has led to accusations from police that aggressive auditors are intentionally provoking them.

In Ireland, the procedure is largely regulated by an 1861 law that makes abortion — either providing or obtaining one — or intentionally provoking a miscarriage criminal acts carrying a possible life sentence.

A new study by Nottingham Trent University study describes "trolling" as "intentionally provoking or antagonizing users in an online environment" and found that 60% of gamers had engaged in this behavior[i].

They were a couple in 1944 and he suspected she intentionally provoked him into beating her.

The South Ossetian and Russian authorities denied any shooting had taken place, and said the two presidents intentionally provoked their forces.

Nevertheless, they argue that this does not show that Roosevelt intentionally provoked the Japanese to attack the United States or that he allowed the country to be surprised at Pearl Harbor.

On Saturday, the powerful Investigative Committee went a step further, releasing a statement saying that the Caucasian youths "intentionally provoked" the brawl that ended in Mr. Sviridov's death and that none were legally registered in Moscow.

In their view, the circumstances immediately surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, when interpreted in light of Roosevelt's behaviour in the preceding years, strongly suggest that he intentionally provoked the Japanese attack.