Sentence examples for it would be provocative from inspiring English sources
"I thought it would be provocative to have a goat in the family portrait," he said.
She knew that it would be provocative, because "you only have to say her name, and people express the most vehement opinions.
After waiting with no further response, the administration decided to have Mr. Geithner deliver the proposal on paper knowing it would be provocative but thinking it was needed to move the process along.
Successive administrations of both parties have declined to take that step, fearing it would be provocative in the Arab world.
In Brussels there's an irresistible snack-y appetizer that's almost as ubiquitous as fried potatoes (it would be provocative to say "French fries" so I won't): shrimp croquettes.
In 2005, the parade went ahead despite the city's attempts to prevent it on the grounds that it would be "provocative and hurt the feelings of the broader public living in and visiting the city".
He may have information that Chinese officials would love to see, but acquiring it in spectacular fashion would be provocative and costly.
Was it just another character you wanted to get to the bottom of, or was there a conscious feeling that this would be provocative in a useful way?
Times change: I'm tempted to say the manufactured quote has become standard practice in the United States, but that would be provocative.
