Sentence examples for which is provocative from inspiring English sources

Her big thesis project, which she teasingly keeps secret through most of the film, provides a climactic shock, which is provocative without being especially thought-provoking.

Either you believe in the freedom of art galleries to exhibit modern art, which is provocative by nature, or you don't: if you think on this subject that it's elitist to defend Goldin's right to make dubious images - then face it, you are a philistine.

On such a slender thread, however, hangs Fogel's The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism, which is provocative in its own right.

Referring to the Amman shooting and its aftermath, he said: "The incident itself, which is provocative, isn't dangerous for the king, but it comes as so many factors are exerting enormous pressure on Jordan: the economy, the refugee crisis, a lack of progress on internal problems.

She continued to make love to other men, which was provocative.

Ironically, its tone of languor and intimacy sets it apart from the other three shortlisted portraits, all of which are provocative in different ways.

What you were reading when you wrote it: It's a couple of years since I was working on the book but I remember being really impressed by Charlotte Wood's The Natural Way of Things which was provocative and timely.

The low-profile senator, who entered parliament replacing a representative from the far-right One Nation party, refused to apologise for his comments, which were provocative enough to be condemned by the One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson.

The Welfare mayor of a small town earlier this year invited the Iranian ambassador to a Muslim revivalist rally, which was provocative but no dafter than a communist mayor in cold-war Western Europe inviting the Soviet ambassador to his country to a joint denunciation of capitalism.

I have to admit that as much a part of it as I remain, I do worry about a culture in which being provocative and interesting can be more important than being sober, accurate, and correct.

To shrink from any subject because it is hurtful or politically sensitive or politically incorrect, or Islamically incorrect, is to deny one of the most important functions of art, which is to be provocative.