Sentence examples for provocation the from inspiring English sources

Seeing a provocation, the troops opened fire.

If the goal was provocation, the leaflets achieved exactly that.

There was no provocation; the soldiers issued no warning.

Without warning or provocation, the dog bit her on the right thigh.

As an act of psychological and pop-cultural provocation, the album is both extreme and effective.

Mourinho dismissed as "provocation" the suggestions that Inter managed to win only by playing defensively.

The bite was "deliberate, intentional and without provocation", the ruling read.

Von Trier said "he let himself be egged on by a provocation", the festival statement said.

All they care about is provocation: the image or the language that will get people shouting.

"In the face of provocation, the nation must defend itself," Valls told La Provence newspaper.

The suspect walked into the shop and stabbed a store manager without provocation, the police and witnesses said.