Sentence examples for inviting confrontation from inspiring English sources

I understand that openly admitting to liking Oasis is inviting confrontation, but you know what?

In one statement, he said that Mr Tomlinson was "almost inviting physical confrontation and being moved on", the court heard.

It is not clear why Francis then felt compelled to call a synod to seek doctrinal clarity on these same issues, inviting the confrontation he had adeptly avoided.

A police officer accused of fatally injuring an unemployed man during protests in central London claimed that the victim was "almost inviting physical confrontation" before he was struck with a baton and shoved to the ground, a court heard today.

One senior administration official, told of the report's main conclusions, said that he thought the actions described in the document "almost suggest the Iranian military is inviting a confrontation".

Will they pin it on the economic disarray in the U.S., inviting greater confrontation, or will zealous defenders of the Chinese people find reason to blame those closer to home?

He said that Tomlinson "just looked as if he was going to stay where he was forever and was almost inviting physical confrontation in terms of being moved on".

Having flopped in their debuts on the national stage, Jindal and Perry are hoping that inviting a confrontation with Obama will give them a second chance as states' rights stars.

Harwood, for example, initially told investigators Tomlinson had been defiantly obstructing a police line and "almost inviting a physical confrontation".

Should they stay at the site, inviting an attention-getting confrontation with the police?

Mexico's currently unpopular president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has generally avoided confrontation with Trump, even inviting him to Mexico City for a meeting in August.