Sentence examples for provoke for the from inspiring English sources

Aware of the typical French operagoer's mainstream taste, Mr. Mortier has promised not to provoke for the sake of provoking.

Iain Duncan Smith has just exposed the anxiety that tonight's results will provoke for the Tories even though they're sure to be the overall winners.

As well as some real execution footage from Nigeria because why not?—we see the crew engineering tribal conflict by burning villagers alive, gang-raping a young girl who's later found impaled through her vagina, and the gang eventually being murdered and cannibalized by the tribe they're trying to provoke for the sake of their film.

So for me, it's not provoking for the sake of it: you could more easily go up to someone on the street and create a problem.

Dr. Gordin writes that the academy ceased to be an appendage of the royal court and evolved into a robust enterprise in which "learning was shielded from turmoil and friendly competition provoked for the sake of learning".

The Starling is unnecessary and anxiety provoking for the parents who will buy it.

If it is clear that provoking religious sentiments at this juncture would harm the public interest, then there is no point provoking for the sake of provoking under the banner of the freedom of expression.

This text could be very useful for the oncologist in training and even thought provoking for the established oncologist.

As noted earlier, the testing situation may be been insufficiently provoking for the typical symptoms of SM to emerge.

Knowing what was 'normal' for an individual, particularly if it was presented as the principal reason for consulting with the GP, was perceived as problematic and anxiety provoking for the young person as well as for the GP (see box 4).

What has been going on in North Korea and East Asia that might provoke concern for the United States?