Sentence examples for to provoke was from inspiring English sources

He seemed satisfied that the debate he longed to provoke was finally taking place.

What they did was, in the classic sense, a provocation; and what they meant to provoke was war — the bigger, the better.

This rage to provoke is transferred to Vaughn's film, which he co-wrote with Jane Goldman.

"Even after nearly 40 years, the Sex Pistols' power to provoke is undimmed," Branson said.

But although the club scene is in trouble, the revival of inner-city Manchester which it helped to provoke is still going strong.

To provoke is to call forth novel ideas and unexpected reactions from under the surface of everyday cognition by presenting staggering, pointed and fresh ideas.

"If Trump constructs this, the only thing that it's going to provoke is death, destruction, chaos.

Branson, who signed the Sex Pistols to Virgin Records nearly 40 years ago, said in a video released Monday that the band's "power to provoke is undimmed".

Even your dramatic scenes that are meant to provoke us are being dismissed as farce.

If there is nudity and sex, it is not to provoke, it is to show the beauty and love.

"Our aim is not to provoke, to be militant or to create a scandal," Ms. Hardivillier said.