Sentence examples for provoking my from inspiring English sources

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"It was he," she wrote in her autobiography, "who had a decisive influence on the course of my life, both by transmitting to me a part of his genes and eliciting my admiration for his tenacity, energy and ingenuity; and, at the same time, by provoking my silent disapproval of other aspects of his personality and behaviour".

Like this one time when they were in the 8th grade, Jaspar was talking some kind of shit, right, and provoking my friend Rodney because this was something Jaspar always did, because he was a dickhead weenie, and he just didn't get it and so my friend snapped, and pushed Jaspar 's backpack off the table.

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3) Hope Europe does not throw up anything which provokes my backwoodsmen.

A simple smug aside about our comparative progress is enough to provoke my girlfriend's wrath.

And this is all done to provoke my audience, to make them think.

Not really – I'm just saying that to provoke my girlfriend.

There were two books that provoked my interest and I realized, "Oh, this is the path for me".

Thus provoked, my father ran down the hallway screaming, "Rams are sissies!" Deprived of sleep, the Rams started slowly.

However, it was his discussion of society's dwindling sense of community that provoked my strongest objection.

The Nike logo on the football at Mike Leach's feet, on your cover, arrested my attention and provoked my curiosity.

I suppressed an occasional laugh in the face of Smith's somberness: as with the Catholic priests of my childhood, her piety provokes my irreverence.

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