Sentence examples for provoking him to from inspiring English sources

The composer is not slowing down, because events keep provoking him to write music.

In fact, the line has been out since the storm, provoking him to buy his first cellphone.

Carrey antagonizes the wrestler Jerry Lawler — who famously sparred with Kaufman and who appears as himself in the film — leaving Lawler genuinely confused (he and Kaufman had been friends) and later provoking him to violence.

A new romantic subplot has been added, in which Emma Sienna Guilloryy), the fiancée of the scientist, played by Guy Pearce, is killed in an accident, provoking him to build a time machine in the hope of saving her.

When the collection plate is passed round, Homer puts in a chocolate Easter bunny that he found in the dumpster, enraging Reverend Lovejoy, calling it a wicked idol, and provoking him to read the Bible from the beginning.

Jenufa takes out her anguish on Laca, mocking and provoking him to the point where he slashes her face, and thus both mother and daughter kick loose the boulder that will turn into an avalanche, tearing everything down with it.

I provoked him to get his attention".

She took care not to provoke him to that.

What provoked him to become a first-time director?

She thought it would make him angry, provoke him to do something, wreck something, worse.

Desmond was Parker's first hero, but exposure to John Coltrane provoked him to switch horns.