Sentence examples for provoked its from inspiring English sources

The cleverest thing about this series has been just how skilfully it has provoked its audience to mirror the responses and expectations of its characters, so that when, in this season's first episode, a blackmailer barges her way into Lady Mary's bedroom, one is not affronted because she's a criminal, but because she's a chambermaid without permission to be there.

Some will insist that Lady MacZim's personal foray into land-grab was shaming; I tend to believe that it has merely provoked its therapeutic solace: the theatre of Alfred Jarry.

That column provoked its own minor controversy: shortly after it was posted, it was removed.

Those who serve at Guantánamo are obviously not responsible for creating it, let alone for what provoked its creation.

I don't know what provoked its suspicion, but every time I try to log in, it asks me to confirm my identity by taking a brief quiz.

This huge change has provoked its own backlash.

It is mood-altering: by alternately soothing and provoking its audience, it stimulates people's complex feelings about themselves and about the world.

A painting or a novel need only please or provoke its audience; it doesn't then also require setbacks, parking minimums and LEED certification.

Bratislava was wary of such a move, fearing it would provoke its own dispute with Gazprom.

Is that multiculturalism?" Quite a thought to end on, if Newson's analysis is accurate – maybe it's time for that theatre to provoke its audience, rather than pandering to them?

While he does not suggest "everyone go out and write plays supporting the Republicans", he does think that for work to have real value it needs to find a way of genuinely provoking its audience.