Sentence examples for prone to provoking from inspiring English sources
While Hong Kong residents will not accept Hobson's choice, an inherent tendency to conservatism would prevent them from electing someone prone to provoking or antagonising Beijing, argues Albert Ho, a veteran Democratic party legislator.
And, more importantly, society is now less prone to be provoked by racial agendas.
Or is there, the untrained behavioural psychologist might amateurishly posit, something in this same, irritating DNA that makes Lib Dems much more prone to getting caught or, failing that, to provoke universal rejoicing when this happens?
The motor task was performed subsequently in the three different conditions illustrated in Figure 1: sitting in a chair - being a neutral, familiar position and, therefore, not assumed to provoke pain or cognitions in any way - (sitting), lying prone on an examining table (lying) and lying prone without trunk support (provoking).
Joe had done nothing to provoke her, as far as he could tell, but, then again, Sammy had always been prone to erratic behavior.
She began to provoke him.
To provoke thought, Homes answered.
