Sentence examples for without provocative from inspiring English sources

We're just shrill-voiced chancers who would never have got anywhere without provocative lyrics and a Trevor Horn production".

"We are trying to make quality art that is Islamic and about the resistance, without provocative scenes," said Fathi Hamad, Hamas interior minister and producer of the film, a biopic about Emad Akel, a military commander who was killed by Israeli troops in 1993.

All procedures were carried out under general anesthesia, without provocative testing (Amytal), via femoral puncture.

It is a humongous, bloated jigsaw puzzle of a story, pretentious without being provocative, elliptical without being illuminating, complicated without being rewardingly complex.

The naval exercises have to be carefully calibrated to demonstrate strength without being provocative.

It's as if Arnold thought that the plot couldn't hold its own without a "provocative" twist.

Sarkozy affirmed his desire to have an Islam "of" but not "in" France, but without the provocative tone that has characterized his recent speeches.

She disappoints by being merely good; and without overtly provocative imagery, her new, mostly abstract paintings, based mainly on landscape motifs, are less than thrilling.

The casual, fragmentary style calls to mind the diaristic, snapshot aesthetic of Nan Goldin, but without the provocative nudity, domestic violence or substance abuse.

The films Scott refers to also tend to feature a restrained camera style, without risking provocative minimalism or overtly fragmentary compositions.

I'm tired of the discrimination against our bodies, and I'm absolutely fed up with comments that make us feel like we can't be comfortable without being provocative.