Sentence examples for try to provoke from inspiring English sources

I didn't try to provoke.

"I'd try to provoke her," he said.

The North may try to provoke a naval skirmish.

Sometimes I'm going to try to provoke a reaction.

At some point extremists will try to provoke another war.

Mr Yanukovych may try to provoke the protesters so as to justify the use of force.

"They always try to provoke him because he really hurts his opponents with his work-rate".

That said, we needn't embrace or celebrate people like Geller, who try to provoke a confrontation.

*On floor relations: "They will try to provoke North supporters into getting into scuffles with them.

And we don't intend to try to provoke a constitutional crisis".

"They try to provoke the demonstrators and they destroy people's property and vehicles".