Sentence examples for provoked conversations from inspiring English sources

It has certainly provoked conversations and some pretty terrible jokes.

He provoked conversations and confrontations, engineered their content and brought about interesting and potentially explosive meetings.

Ultimately, she says, her protest was a success, as it provoked "conversations about gender equality and body positivity that are both necessary and sorely lacking".

These include: Item 6: "The program provoked conversations among students in topics that are related to the clinical experiences" (5.02 ± 1.75 vs 4.07 ± 2.04, p = 0.008), and item 9: "The program helped me process the emotional impact of my experiences in the medical ward" (4.92 ± 1.87 vs 3.97 ± 1.69, p = 0.006), respectively.

"[Last month's report] has provoked conversation amongst the public and industry about how labor abuses in the palm oil industry get addressed," she added, "but real, meaningful actions by PepsiCo and industry actors remain to be seen".

But she also said the research should provoke further study about the connection between time spent online and social development, and should provoke conversations in families.

INEVITABLY, last week's flap over John Derbyshire, the contributor National Review Online fired for penning a reprehensible column full of racial animus at another magazine, ended up provoking conversations about the use of the term "racism".

Maybe this is what the best novels, hypothetic or otherwise, do—unbury the dead, break down doors, and let the skeletons out, all the while provoking conversations we would rather not have.

Mr. Bobovnikov's interest in the style, however, wasn't purely aesthetic: He wanted to provoke conversations about this episode in the country's history with anyone who visited, he said, by highlighting the contrast of the exuberance and optimism of the art and decorative accessories with "the understanding of how it all ended for these people".

Marketers can provoke conversations, but they have a harder time dominating them.

Her concept of active lifestyle involves physical exercise for the body and thought provoking conversations and meditation for the mind.