Sentence examples for were provoked from inspiring English sources
verb
To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
The Army says that they were provoked.
And the problems were provoked by himself.
Attacks against the occupiers were provoked by war.
Still, we could always say we were provoked.
But when no decisions were provoked, the Israeli said, Mr. Clinton decided to continue the conference.
Twin sisters in Australia were provoked to write to me and elaborate on their views.
"A lot of those things were provoked or inspired by seeing fabrics from other places".
Mr Lugo's supporters say the killings were provoked by hired gunmen.
These were provoked by the Versailles treaty, which awarded Germany's concessions in China to Japan.
Foreign ministers often questioned his actions, and even his own aides were provoked by his occasional wilful behaviour towards them.
The latest protests were provoked by Beijing's decision to limit the choice of the next chief executive.
