Sentence examples for of being provocative from inspiring English sources

And Shriver's mockery, under the guise of "being provocative"', shows perfectly why acknowledgment of power dynamics is important.

Nor, however, does it make a big show of being provocative, of pretending that its forays into offensiveness are acts of bravery.

When it was Reverend Daughtry's turn, he noted with a smile that Councilman Barron had spoken "with a hint of being provocative".

They throw the members of a punk rock band in jail for the crime of being provocative and vulgar, and for having the audacity to protest President Putin's rule.

Gaultier says that he had no intention of making a statement or of being provocative; he was inspired by tradition, including the long aprons that waiters wear in brasseries, by togas and kilts, and by one of his male models, who had shown up for a fitting wearing a sarong, looking very masculine.

The controversy has more to do with the fact that in the name of being provocative, Dr. Summers either deliberately ignored decades of research showing the extent to which socialization is responsible for the underrepresentation of women in the sciences and other fields or is unaware of the existence of that research.

Lightfoot is, of course, being provocative, but his words reveal a frustration born from experience.

"But this is not demagoguery," Gil insists, if you accuse him of just being provocative.

"Back then television was kind of playing to the masses, so film decided as a way of competing to be provocative and interesting.

For Vladyslava, as for Mykola, Tony's books are a model of how to be provocative without playing games.

"I'm saying none of this to be provocative to unionist sensitivities.