There are many national drinks destined to provoke embarrassing ethnic dancing, folk songs and fierce hangovers.
All the facts aren't in yet, but from Day 1, the flotilla was designed to provoke and embarrass Israel — and sadly the government played right into the Gaza radicals' hands.
Essentially literature is full of every kind of upsetting, provoking, awkward-making, saddening, embarrassing stuff you could ever think of.
On one occasion he had a violently embarrassing spat with Patrick Stewart, admittedly provoked by Stewart.
Embarrassed, I said I didn't, which provoked a head-slapping display of incredulity.
The loose-lipped Afghanistan commander's insulting and near-insubordinate comments about the president and his national security team, which provoked an angry summons to the White House on Tuesday, were embarrassing.
Others say that he was just doing his job: holding government to account, however embarrassing that government may have found it.The outrage which the episode has provoked is profound.
C.J. is provoked by an inexperienced lifestyle reporter, Sherri Wexler (Mara), trying to put her in a bad light and responds by embarrassing her in front of a full press room.
It is not clear though whether the film's ban was provoked by a touchy Indian government led by the image-conscious Prime Minister Narendra Modi or because the home ministry was embarrassed.
Then the paper opened both barrels: "When presented with opportunities to embarrass the government, as on the issue of Panama tax havens, Mr Corbyn's incoherent and prolix Commons performances have provoked the despair of his colleagues.
