Sentence examples for provocative status from inspiring English sources

It's not that I don't believe in the causes, it's just that I know I can send a check without jumping in ice water, or posting a provocative status update.

Tsai said she would establish "consistent, predictable and sustainable" relations with China and not be provocative, to ensure the status quo.

The provocation proved provocative.

They argued that that was provocative, because it upset the status quo existing here after Israel seized the plateau and East Jerusalem in the 1967 war.

"This appears to be a provocative attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the the East China sea and thus raises tensions and increases the risk of inadvertent confrontation".

The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, described the Chinese announcement of the zone nine days ago as "a provocative attempt to unilaterally change the status quo" that increased the risk of inadvertent confrontation.

Still, Ms. O'Hair, an outspoken and provocative proponent of atheism, achieved a lightning rod status in the church-state debates of that era.

"We advise everyone to give up provocative statements and respect Ukraine's non-aligned status in compliance with the law 'On the Fundamentals of Internal and Foreign Policy'," the ministry said.

The painting embodies the "curious and disturbing" ways avant-garde art can reposition aspects of the status quo as "challenging," "transgressive" or "provocative," Bahl noted.

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She concludes that the painting is "paedophilically provocative", and that Chabas was protected from censure by his status as an established artist and father.