"provoke suspicion" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to cause someone to feel doubtful or wary about something. Example: The mysterious behavior of the new employee only served to provoke suspicion among his coworkers.
Such contributions could provoke suspicion at home and abroad among those wondering about any effect on administration policy.
There is another problem with the multimedia dramatisations and big claims about the emperor's significance - they provoke suspicion.
As long as the occupation continued, it would provoke suspicion and hostility which could quickly lead to an armed insurgency.
Ljungqvist said that sudden advances in performance could bring athletes under closer scrutiny but said "sport is in danger" if surprise performances automatically provoke suspicion.
Sadly, extraordinary performances do provoke suspicion and we have to recognise that anti-doping programmes are limited in their ability to identify cheats.
At home its cult of secrecy, hazy pan-Islamic agenda and sense that it rules by entitlement now provoke suspicion and resentment even among many fellow Islamists.Whatever its specific focus, the mounting unrest presents an increasingly dangerous challenge to Egypt's battered and creaking state.
His huge income also provoked suspicion.
However, the dropping of the federal cases provoked suspicion in Nigeria.
That process yielded a rise in opinion poll ratings, but provoked suspicion within the party.
But the designation has not been entirely embraced in Texas, where the phrase "United Nations" provokes suspicion among some.
Yet the law still provokes suspicion and confusion, among both health care providers and the uninsured population it is meant to help.
