Sentence examples for was provocative in from inspiring English sources

Her work, whose outsize stylization dazzled some critics and discomforted others, was provocative in every possible sense of the word, and it was meant to be.

'There was something at the core of that film that was provocative in a way that interested me, and also feminist in a new way that interested me, but there were also places in it that really scared me.

The show was provocative in part because, at the time, color photography was considered garish and callow — a way for advertisers to pitch canned peas to housewives, or for amateur photographers to boast to their neighbors about their tropical vacations.

It was the opposition cheer squad, so I thought it was provocative in that way, but it was one of those situations looking back that I probably should have bitten my lip".

"[Geller] intentionally was provocative in her actions".

She felt that "Material Girl" was provocative in its content and was attracted to it.

Now we are being provocative in another way".

Despite its implausibilities, Goldfield's thought experiment in alternative history is provocative in the best sense.

The clothes were so ostentatious as to be provocative in their own way.

I tried to put something in every issue that would be provocative in some way".

But in Harlem, not to see color can be provocative in itself.