Sentence examples for provokes were from inspiring English sources

If only the interest he provokes were limited to his immediate surroundings, but, alas, it is not!

Still, the laughter it provokes is a welcome catharsis.

Unfortunately, one of the thoughts that it provokes is that its central argument is wrong.

In fact that display and the questions it provokes are part of the point.

The sense of vague discomfort and dissatisfaction it provokes is exactly the point.

The play of imagination that the memorial provokes is piously generic: something to do with death.

"The feelings it provokes are too complicated to face in all their particularities.

The manifest unease that this provokes is an important observation as such.

And the questions it provoked were mostly not about banking reform.

The bitterness that the bill has provoked was on display.

The Chinese anger that Mr Lee has provoked is worrying.