Sentence examples for style provokes from inspiring English sources
Style provokes counter-style.
As archbishop, his outspoken style provoked a furious backlash when he described AIDS as a form of justice for promiscuous homosexual sex and suggested that prosecution of retired priests was vengeance that was not humane.
He was brought in to provide steadiness after the brief and contentious tenure of Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, whose autocratic management style provoked a wave of staff resignations and pervasive insecurity among those who remained.
His flamboyant "dad" dancing, which left audiences whooping in horror and delight after a particularly enthusiastic rendition of Gangnam Style, provoked groans from the judges, but joy among audiences in the studio and at home.
Leaks of previous correspondence, known among ministers as "black spider memos" because of the prince's sprawling handwriting style, provoked a backlash among politicians furious that an unelected royal was meddling in the affairs of democratic government.
Góngora was always successful with his lighter poetry the romances, letrillas, and sonnets but his longer works, the Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (circulated in manuscript in 1613; "Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea") and the Soledades (circulated in manuscript in 1613; "Solitudes"), written in an intensely difficult and purposely complex style, provoked the scorn and enmity of many.
It is even possible that some trauma-focused exploration styles provoke false memories of biographical life events with several negative consequences [ 119].
His style has provoked mimics.
The pictures of grade-school girls sporting couture outfits in our Style pages provoked a torrent of outraged mail.
They set up camp on old green lanes and overflowed on to Salisbury Plain in a style that provoked a quivering outrage in old Fleet Street.
But Mr. Gitter's flamboyant style has provoked a special rancor among many of the year-round residents and summer people who chose Shandaken (pronounced shan-DAKE-in) for its remoteness and tranquillity.
