Sentence examples for provoked around from inspiring English sources

Asked on "Meet the Press" about the ire the president's go-it-alone approach has provoked around the world, Mr. Cheney was dismissive, proclaiming Mr. Bush to be "Reaganesque".

A great deal of anxiety is often provoked around these issues -- what Westbrook and Schilt refer to as "gender panics" -- and Westbrook and Schilt use the media as a litmus test of that collective angst.

Bryant and May identified and dismissed "ringleaders," provoking around 1,400 women to walk out on strike.

President Bush was meeting in the Azores with his coalition of the hard-of-hearing, the small but stubborn group of men committed to attacking Iraq no matter how wrong or undesirable that might be, or how much outrage it provokes around the world.

Imagine if, in a traditional bullfight, the provoked bull turned around and gored the spectators rather than the matador.

The prosecution provoked protests around the world.

Eva Carneiro's departure from Chelsea has provoked exasperation around the football world.

But while such outbursts may have provoked snickers around the world, the stern-faced men who run China's government may have the last laugh.

The case provoked protests around the country over racial profiling and over the initial delay in arresting and charging Mr. Zimmerman.

In January, Benedict provoked outrage around the world by revoking the excommunications of four schismatic bishops, including one who had denied the existence of the Nazi gas chambers.

Ms. Rice's father, John Wesley Rice Jr., was a high school counselor who kept aloof from the civil rights movement and the demonstrations featuring fire hoses and police dogs that provoked outrage around the world.