Sentence examples for provokes on from inspiring English sources

Sex is the joker in the deck, the infinite variable that provokes, on screen as in life, radically divergent and wildly unpredictable responses and consequences.

While it's easy to be dismissive of the book's trendy, self-conscious design, the volume provokes on levels both aesthetic and intellectual -- often in maddening ways.

A belief has become negative when it provokes on you any other feelings but absolute love and joy.

Among politicians and members of the public (through on-line discussions), the coverage provoked on-message as well as off-message reactions.

The problem is the sensitivities it provoked on the Russian side.

It is clear that he aims to surprise and provoke on a grand scale.

And despite the nationwide protests and media handwringing provoked on each occasion, few analysts expect decisive action to stop the slaughter.

(Anyway, the Soviet dream and its attendant nightmares have passed more or less peacefully into history, along with the passions it provoked on all sides).

So, in the end, all you can really do is ask questions and try to provoke on the spot the same sort of thought process that an experienced pediatrician would go through anyway.

As a final note, Chairman Wheeler cited a consumer note sent in via email as thought-provoking on this issue.

Low temperature is a major environmental constraint for plants as a result of the injury provoked on leaf photosynthesis.