Sentence examples for provoke anguish from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Fay, the Jencos' lawyer, said Congress included grief damages in the 1996 law because terrorists try to provoke anguish in relatives as a way to pressure the United States government.

It is wonderful that social media allow people to candidly articulate how physical conditions provoke anguish, depression and terror and, if they can, to suggest antidotes.

At the schools where the crimes took place, provoking anguish and anxiety, there was relief yesterday as teachers and students learned of Mr. Allen's arrest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to sign a bill that bars Americans from adopting Russian children has provoked anguish among US families who have been waiting months, and in some cases years, to complete the process.

Moves may be afoot to redecorate the interior, which contains unique frescoes showing the life of St Cyril.That thought has provoked anguish among Ukrainians who fear that their country's religious and cultural heritage is being bought, taken or spoiled by their neighbours to the north.

Chanrai was just one member of an extended cast of foreign owners who came and went from the South Coast in swift fashion – the names Sacha Gaydamak, Sulaiman Al-Fahim and Vladimir Antonov are likely to provoke similar anguish if mentioned in these parts.

Nowhere does this question provoke more anguish for me than in my work challenging the solitary confinement of children.

Like the French and their vin rouge or the Indians and their cricket, yesterday's advice that we should make do with less of it was bound to provoke cries of anguish.

The proposals will provoke howls of anguish.

The franc instantly shot up by 30%, provoking howls of anguish from Swiss firms.

The researchers reasoned that the mental anguish provoked by the remote possibility of infection was not worth disclosure.