Sentence examples for provocative thing from inspiring English sources
It was a provocative thing to say; only about eight square inches of Lycra stand between the women and nakedness.
Perhaps the most provocative thing in "To America With Love" is Mr. Gill's European take on our history of immigration.
It was a very provocative thing to do at the time, showing a finger to the South African authorities".
Every time you hear that sort of pointlessly provocative thing, from Trump or another candidate, the tyranny of the calendar emerges.
Perhaps the most provocative thing Mr. Kramer wrote for The Times was "The Blacklist and the Cold War," a 1976 article that appeared on the front page of the Arts & Leisure section.
Our current system guarantees that a sizable portion of the electorate will make its choices based on the last or most provocative thing they heard or saw on the way to the polls.
"Some of us said some provocative things, and the tear gas started".
This interdependency does provocative things to the relation of fiction to reality.
Among the findings, she lists "things that are provocative, things that are part of popular culture, things that are funny and winning prizes".
On their last Fringe appearance, in 2001, Noble and Silver had provocative things to say about communication and misinformation.
Theroux says interesting and provocative things about poverty and charity, and about Calcutta and Mrs. Unger, which Delfont runs through the prism of his own jealous suspicion.
