Sentence examples for provoked us from inspiring English sources

He also said that the Tokyo war crimes trials were a US attempt to cover up "cruel massacres" in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki - comments that provoked US diplomatic outrage.

"The army provoked us," he said.

They provoked us or inspired us to do something.

But it still left me wishing he'd provoked us into laughter.

He enchanted and ensnared us in the theatre; he provoked us to action outside it.

This energized and provoked us and our board into more urgency, in terms of our long-term planning.

We praise politicians when they raise the discourse, and use language and images that provoke us to reflect on who we might be.

They know just how to provoke us into anti-Muslim rhetoric and belligerent policies, which they find most useful to their project and their movement.

People provoke us.

This will provoke us even more.

"The opponent I think tried to provoke us more than we tried to provoke them.