Sentence examples similar to provoke agony from inspiring English sources
In any case, Brazil's shameful defeat has provoked a collective agony.
Cahill and Emerson tangled in the last minute, the Corinthians player appearing to fling out an arm to provoke a reaction, then feigning agony after the centre-half had flicked out his shin in riposte.
Celebrity agony uncle Danny Dyer provoked outrage yesterday when he told Zoo magazine readers that a heartbroken boyfriend should "cut his ex's face, so no one will want her".
"Beasts of No Nation" is hard to read in an easy way; the agonies and atrocities it recounts provoke simple responses.
The books tend to end in cliff-hangers that provoke their readers to post half-mocking protestations of agony ("SUZANNE, ARE YOU PURPOSELY TOURTURING YOUR FANS!?!?!?") on Internet discussion boards.
Such luminaries as Edna O'Brien, Jonathan Lethem and Hermione Lee will be in attendance; a bus tour will whisk delegates around the choicest Roth-related sights; and sessions including Yeatsian Agony in Late Roth and Newark: The Shtetl will no doubt provoke intense debate.
The experience provoked a metaphysical rage; he found himself railing against a God who permitted such agony.
