Sentence examples for was provoke from inspiring English sources

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was provoke

verb

To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

  • Don't provoke the dog

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All we would have done was provoke them".

All they did, however, was provoke a backlash against out-of-state meddling.Where voters did endorse real change, they had excellent reason to do so.

All that bringing fatal violence to the streets of London did was provoke a summer of far-right violence and vitriol against British Muslims.

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But he was provoked.

True, it was provoked.

It was provoked by a crisis.

"I was provoked," she said.

My excuse is I was provoked.

The conversation was provoked by an anniversary.

"Yeah, she definitely was provoked.

At least Looking was provoking a much needed conversation.

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