Sentence examples for was a provocation from inspiring English sources

"It was a provocation".

This was a provocation too far.

It was a provocation by a foreign power.

Our whole emphasis on glamour was a provocation.

This was a provocation but also, of course, a tribute.

That was a provocation to the entire Muslim world, he said.

We have serious grounds to believe this was a provocation," Mr. Lavrov said.

He insisted there are serious grounds to believe the attack was a "provocation".

Palestinian leaders said Mr. Sharon's visit to the mosque compound was a provocation.

"As of now, we are absolutely convinced that this was a provocation," Putin said.

For years, decades even, it was a provocation and then one day the provocation turns against us.