Sentence examples for was provoking from inspiring English sources

He heard the screams of the girls, and knew that Timothy was provoking them.

She was provoking and stimulating, never reductive, and she never patronised her audience.

The uncertainty was provoking a rush for the exits among executives at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

She said that although Rose was provoking she was a good cook-housekeeper, and that Winnie couldn't manage alone.

Many protesters contended that Mr. Mubarak was provoking a confrontation in order to prompt a military crackdown.

We were always accused of being dilettantes and in a way it was provoking those same people to continue accusing us.

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.