Sentence examples for provoke great from inspiring English sources

What articles provoke great debate or just provoke?

If this were as true as it sounds, the news would obviously provoke great consternation in any parent with a child smaller than average — a status that most of us, thanks to Galton and his percentiles, know by heart.

"The government has repeatedly acted in an unjust manner, and this will only provoke great anger from protesters.

However, he did not realize that such "unsinkable" commerce raiders would provoke Great Britain more severely than 26,000-ton battlecruisers armed with 28.3 cm (11.1 inch) guns, which would be perceived as inferior to all the Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers then in commission.

Authorities must tread carefully, as a crackdown would be likely to provoke greater violence and chaos.

Yet wind turbines often provoke greater outrage than cats do, said Gavin Shire, vice president of the Bird Conservancy.

Or, without a medical professional offering context and explanation, could it provoke greater anxiety or even false assurance?

In omitting these details from the film, Bendjelloul was accused of manipulating the picture to provoke greater sympathy for Rodriguez.

Such behavior will lead insurgents to conclude that increased attacks on foreigners will provoke greater domestic reactions and eventual withdrawal.

With credit markets tight as a drum and many homeowners struggling to keep their houses, fleeting images of a hilltop mansion in Beverly Hills only provoke greater longing.

The authorities have chosen to tread carefully, believing that any crackdown would provoke greater violence and chaos providing the military - which has staged 11 successful coups in the past - a pretext to intervene again.