Sentence examples for watch provoking from inspiring English sources

Nixon ostentatiously looked at his watch, provoking laughter from the audience.

But watching the camera watch Marge provoke the diabetic Alma into a journey into her troubled past is a little like watching someone prod a sick animal with a stick just to enjoy the reaction.

How satisfying it was to watch him provoke Alito into a "You lie!" snit.

In a clip on the paper's website, he appears so raw and vulnerable that to watch it provokes thoughts of a modern-day version of Bedlam with us as Hogarthian gawpers treating the mentally fragile as entertainment.

The trial was closely watched across the nation, provoking heated debates on racial profiling, civil rights and gun control.

Mr. Williams watched two white policemen provoking "a tall, handsome black man, bearded, an artist," as he walked to a memorial service.

But the Turkish government, wary of provoking China, watches it closely and does not allow Uighurs here to agitate openly against Chinese rule.

PHILADELPHIA — The mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teenager whose fatal shooting by a neighborhood watch volunteer has provoked a national debate over racial profiling and gun laws, appealed to a crowd of African-American advocates here Friday to "use my broken heart" to prevent a repeat of what happened to her son.

Watch as Andy provokes laughs at President Obama, Governor Romney and cable news's expense.

Watch thought-provoking shows or movies (Code Geass is highly recommended).

His language, nurtured on reality television, is fine-tuned to keep the viewer watching and engaged; provoked and outraged.