Sentence examples for provocation and performance from inspiring English sources

When Baron Cohen finishes a film, he struts around in the guise of his peacocking dolts for months at a time, turning routine promotional events into provocation and performance art.

Metaphorically, though, it was a wave goodbye to that dark period of provocation and glacial performances, and to the cast of extraordinary characters that Bowie had created and then discarded as he moved with relentless creativity through the decade that he so defined.

The child's motor activities and performance were assessed in many situations including provocation of different neurological signs at rest and in intensive activities.

Cognitive/emotional stressors included the color word test, memory task, mental arithmetic task, (two choice) reaction time task, lack of support, surveillance of worker, performance feedback, decrease error rate, simulated office noise, environmental distraction, verbal provocation, and realistic time pressure.

It's just provocation and proclamation".

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

The Palestinians see this as imperialistic provocation, and rightly so.

If nothing else, Folkestone Digs is both provocation and invitation.

"He was killed without provocation and without reason.

Any provocation and it could all go off".

The referee missed Jara's provocation and sent off Cavani.