Sentence examples for provocative that from inspiring English sources

Hagel's problem seemed to be that he went into the hearing refusing to disagree with the committee or say anything provocative that would risk raising the ire of Republicans.

The current Israeli government has not started new development projects in East Jerusalem or the West Bank since it was formed in March, quietly acceding to a request from Mr. Kerry not to do anything provocative that could upset the delicate diplomacy.

Can you imagine not rolling your eyes at a statement, pretending to be provocative, that read: "Our calorie intake went up and yet we got fatter!" The only reasonable reaction to that assertion is: duh!

Its advertizing is so provocative that it has raised hackles.

The commercials are so provocative that some television stations are refusing to run them.

It is so intellectually provocative that it will make your head spin.

Just as Godard is still seen to embody a notion of French art cinema -- difficult, aesthetically uncompromising, politically provocative -- that is both cherished and reviled, Spielberg, to audiences and critics alike, personifies American commercial cinema in all its glory and excess.

Wanted: provocative books that "polarize/distress/confuse us".

"Certainly, there was no intent to be provocative about that.

"We kept doing provocative studies that gathered dust," he recalls.

So it is, but also it is more provocative than that.