Sentence examples for under extreme provocation from inspiring English sources

Only under extreme provocation does he speak up in his own defense.

He said Jock's behaviour in prison had been "exemplary under extreme provocation" and he accused Bulgarian authorities of being "capricious" and "vindictive".

At bottom money is, then, a social convention, but a convention of uncommon strength that people will abide by even under extreme provocation.

"I kept my lips sealed even under extreme provocation from the general and his ministers, who were reviling me on a daily basis.

The catch, says Nicole Pope, a Swiss expert in Istanbul, is that in most cases defendants are tried under the code's article 51, which allows for "extenuating circumstances" if murders are committed under "extreme provocation".

Although she, too, was obliged to have a few heads cut off, she seems to have done so with reluctance, and usually under extreme provocation combined with pressure from her council.

Mr Straw had failed to take into account that he had acted under the extreme provocation of Mr Rowland's vendetta against him, said Mr Beloff.

Lord Judge, sitting with Mrs Justice Swift and Mr Justice Sweeney, described Munir Hussain's case as one of "true exceptionality" and announced: "The plain, simple reality is that Munir Hussain was acting under the continuing influence of extreme provocation.

But, in a highly unusual move, the jury gave a note to the judge saying they would have acquitted the two men if the law had enabled them to take into account the "extreme provocation" they had been under.

"I think this one is extreme provocation.

"In our view, Standard Chartered has acted with pragmatism and integrity in the face of extreme provocation".