Sentence examples for on provoking from inspiring English sources

The structure's visible cracks had widened alarmingly and continued to do so as the day wore on, provoking enough concern to force two executive decisions: first, to switch off the air conditioning, and second, to close the top floor.

The government looks set on provoking foreign and domestic criticism.

This latest collaboration proves that her theatre will go on provoking.

Some Trump supporters waded into the crowd, seeming intent on provoking scuffles.

For the moment, though, the process of electing judges goes on, provoking both criticism and some signs of change.

Israel says its soldiers acted in self-defense and that the flotilla was organized by radical activists, supported by Turkey, bent on provoking an incident.

His decision to run for a second term, breaking the undertaking that he would keep to on, provoked embarrassment among UN member countries friendly to him.

Mr. Barron's resolution, which was not yet voted on, provoked a loud and rancorous debate yesterday.

Here, we aimed to investigate the effect of nVNS on provoked cranial autonomic symptoms (lacrimation) in healthy volunteers.

In order to test the effect of RF exposure on provoked Ca2+ signals, a threshold concentration (1 µM) of the agonist histamine was applied to cause Ca2+ release from intracellular stores during the exposure period.

Might it unleash its own missiles on Israel, provoking the inevitable furious retaliation?