Sentence examples for the provoking from inspiring English sources
verb
To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
Patients in whom provocation was successful (susceptible) showed (further) increased MT in the provoking condition compared to lying condition, while no increase from lying to provoking condition was apparent in the patients unsusceptible to provocation.
Americans discovered there was something to be said for protecting in law, and making special, the office of the chief executive, despite the provoking behaviour of the man who currently occupied it.
Chigorin came up with the provoking 5...Nc6 with the idea of 6.d5 Nb8!? 7.0-0 c6, undermining white's center.
The constrictions of womanhood; the lacerating use of illness as power; and the fine line between self-immolation and self-awareness, are just some of the provoking themes explored in this eerie and captivating novel.
Contrarily, manipulation of pain-related cognition (i.e. overestimation of pain) by the provoking posture seemed successful in the patient group.
There was a 71% correlation between the provoking dose on history and the dose at positive challenge in those with a history of a reaction to aspirin.
The provoked positions are the real stances of the newspaper.
The prosecution provoked protests around the world.
The decisions of the managers provoked puzzlement.
The crackdown is provoking a violent backlash.
The cover provoked strong reactions.
