Sentence examples for provokes around from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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.

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.

Terrorist attacks provoke fear around the globe.

There are different ways of provoking debate around feminism, some more forceful than others.

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

"The point of this is to provoke discussions around Chilcot and it already has, which is great," he said.

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.