Sentence examples for provoking too much from inspiring English sources

At the heart of his mission is a complicated task: to promise a strong U.S. commitment to Japan, South Korea and other allies without provoking too much concern in China, which has bypassed Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world.

I was too critical of Mike; I provoked too much conflict.

Infringing on the freedoms and fun of young people would provoke too much anger and, more crucially, lose the extreme right the support of their main target audience: young men.

Even more disturbing is the view of one veteran observer of sport Down Under who interrupted his coverage of the Open to report that the news from Lord's was unlikely to provoke too much outrage back home.

In fact, the majority of his interviews – while still providing valuable insight into the subject – don't provoke too much post-chat commotion.

Get rid of objects that might provoke too much negativity or bad vibes.

Because there's a very fine line between you provoking the animal to see what instincts he's got, and then provoking him too much to where he goes, oh, 'tonight's the night I'm gonna kill you.'".

Both incidents were at least partly provoked by too much booze and now, among other things, he was forced to deny that he had a drink problem.

On the other, it does not want to provoke the superpower too much.

But, like Chávez, he knows that he cannot provoke the United States too much.

I do try not to let my fondness for horror, sci-fi and dystopian literature provoke me into too much anxiety about the brave new world of robotics and artificial intelligence, but instead to remain both cynical and positive.