Sentence examples for provoking that from inspiring English sources

But in fairness, Suicide were provoking that kind of reaction long before punk.

For example, while a few robots have been designed specifically to help us explore and deepen emotional responses like empathy, researchers like Kate Darling at the MIT Media Lab worry that if other robots aren't good at provoking that kind of reaction, they might actually achieve the opposite effect and encourage violent or unfeeling behaviour.

And to think that he—Harry Finley, this clueless guy, who didn't even have a sister or a wife or really any experience with real, live, bleeding woman in the flesh, let alone an advanced degree was provoking that conversation?

And just as some Americans came to suspect the Federalists of provoking that of which they accused Jefferson, I went on to note that accusing your political opponents of causing a murderous tragedy is a dangerous game.

For this, both CLBP patients and healthy subjects were asked to perform a hand-function task in a neutral sitting position and two conditions (lying and provoking) that were assumed to increasingly provoke pain-related cognitions.

About ten years ago, when I was making art but not exhibiting it, and working part time as a bookkeeper, I realized that I could manufacture my own scents, deliberately provoking that disgusted, tingling response.

Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) at Glyndebourne, though never dull, did not provoke that same urge.

A compact, easy-going and self-effacing man, Flanagan provoked that kind of interest.

Natural disasters, however, do not seem to provoke that sort of can-do, quick-fix spirit.

That's the game the government is playing and they're trying to provoke that idea," Mr. Jarrah said.

Mr. Kalinin added: "I can say even now that Khodorkovsky himself provoked that situation to an extent.