Sentence examples for it was a provocation from inspiring English sources

"It was a provocation".

It was a provocation by a foreign power.

For years, decades even, it was a provocation and then one day the provocation turns against us.

"Sure, it was a provocation," said Mr. Leth during a recent visit to New York from his home in Haiti.

"Historically, it was a provocation for black men to wear the uniform, to claim that role," Stevenson said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov countered: We have serious grounds to believe that it was a provocation.

"It is a provocation".

He added, "It's a provocation".

Each part of it is a provocation.

"It's a provocation," he says.

"It's a provocation, it's clear," he added.