Sentence examples for through provocation from inspiring English sources

Dieudonné is a provocateur; he exists through provocation".

"He wants to gain a following through provocation," and should instead focus on teaching.

This serves a greater aim of terrorising its enemies through provocation of irrational fear – which is especially prevalent when there is a sense that the threat is ubiquitous.

Through provocation, Gombrowicz believed, he could find his way to a more authentic form of life — surreal, perhaps, but more akin to reality than the privileged sphere of the aristocracy.

For example, using the Internet to rapidly organize informal "strolls," rather than formal protests, is part of a broader trend of contemporary activism in which Chinese activists challenge, embarrass or shame the authorities through provocation rather than direct confrontation.

The Bosnian Serbs, whose brinkmanship through provocation after provocation had always paid off until now, might perceive the NATO attack as an enormous provocation and be moved to defiance at a time when they seemed to be moving toward a belated attempt at conciliation.

"This is how North Korea approaches negotiations — not through the conventions of diplomatic courtesy but through raising the stakes through provocations.

"The authorities have realized that they can survive now only through provocations and total oppression," said Inna Kuley, the head of Solidarity, a Belarussian rights group.

Barker's "theatre of catastrophe", as he calls it, aiming to be "an irritant in consciousness", challenges audiences to fight through provocations to disgust and repulsion and find in his characters mirrors of ourselves and of our world.

Through this provocation, it seeks to set conditions for an apocalyptic war with the West.

He relished wielding power over his people and his ability, through nuclear provocation, to milk and manipulate the outside world.