Sentence examples for provocative figures from inspiring English sources

Perhaps elected female Democrats like Ms. Gillibrand are more moderate and pragmatic and less flashy than ideological and provocative figures like Ms. Bachmann and Ms. Palin.

Now, at 25, she is one of the more provocative figures in racing, heckled at times by critics who don't think she belongs on the track while being asked for her autograph by fans.

One of the more provocative figures from David Spiegelhalter's Sex By Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour (Wellcome Collection/Profile Books, £12.99) is the amount of semen being "produced" every minute across Britain: five litres (and that's based on the mean frequency of heterosexual intercourse alone).

While the leader of the Sunni Future Movement, Saad Hariri, remains outside Lebanon because of security fears, provocative figures have stepped into the leadership vacuum in Tripoli and Sidon, Lebanon, to tap into Sunni anger, often using sharp anti-Shiite language.

Beyond his daughter's gaze, Said was certainly considered a provocative figure.

Mr. Summers, 58, is a provocative figure among key Democratic constituencies.

An eternally mischievous and provocative figure within the book trade, Matthew was part of a remarkable generation that included Deborah Rogers, Sonny Mehta, Ursula Owen, Tom Maschler, Liz Calder, Ed Victor, Michael Sissons and Carmen Callil.

But he also cut a provocative figure, holding out of a minicamp, often arriving late to meetings and missing practice after practice because of injuries.

Mr. Rhea, 46, a former banking executive with no prior housing experience, has turned into a provocative figure since he was installed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2009.

A provocative figure who often stood at odds with feminists, she helped shape the conservative movement over the course of decades.

Shunning the teams that compete in the corporate distance relay, or ekiden, which dominates Japan's running world, Fujiwara is a provocative figure who has befuddled supporters and skeptics alike.