Sentence examples for to provoke something from inspiring English sources

But coupled with some incendiary statements by the incoming right-of-centre government, they were enough to provoke something close to an anti-Roma pogrom in May in Naples and other cities.

I feel like she wants to provoke something.

We didn't want to provoke something inside these Eastern European countries that would compel the Soviet leadership to take action.

The victory of Syriza will provoke something new in the political panorama of Greece – they're going to have a real Greek president.

"I think that the victory of Syriza will provoke something that's new in the political panorama of Greece – they're going to have a real Greek president, not a delegate of Angela Merkel whose interests will rank above those of the country and its people," he told La Sexta news channel on Sunday night.

It seems entirely possible the coalition will provoke something equally big if it goes on bullying the vulnerable.

"I have a very big respect for English design, because they are provocation, and when you provoke, something stays after," says Mr. Cardin.

Why does hearing an ocean of expletives about overdone sea bass pouring out the mouth of a man whose face looks like hardwood flooring provoke something deep within my loins?

What the then Ignacio Hurban encountered at the Carlotto home provoked something akin to culture shock.

Last year's award of the medicine prize has provoked something more: an open letter to the award committee signed by more than 250 neuroscientists.

Paxman's solidarity with Brand over why young Britons are so apathetic about politics provoked something of a backlash, prompting Nick Clegg to accuse the presenter of 'sneering'sneering