We found 34 examples of how to use provoke in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 34.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It would provoke a saint. | |
| 2. | The cat will scratch you if you provoke it. | |
| 3. | A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals. | |
| 4. | Only the assumption that the reader - I better say: the prospective reader, because for the moment there is not the slightest prospect, that my writing could see the lights of publicity, - unless it miraculously left our endangered fortress Europe and brought a hint of the secrets of our loneliness to those outside; - I beg to be allowed to begin anew: only because I anticipate the wish to be told casually about the who and what of the writer, I send some few notes on my own individuum out before these openings, - of course not without the awareness that exactly by doing so I might provoke doubts in the reader, that he is in the right hands, which is to say: if I, from all my being, am the right man for a task to which maybe the heart pulls me more than any qualifying relation in character. | |
| 5. | Don't provoke that wasp. | |
| 6. | Do not provoke that wasp. | |
| 7. | His long absences were starting to provoke suspicion. | |
| 8. | He was always trying to provoke an argument. | |
| 9. | She was always trying to provoke me into saying something I would regret later. | |
| 10. | Don't provoke me. | |
| 11. | Don't do anything to provoke Tom. | |
| 12. | It seems like you're trying to provoke a fight. | |
| 13. | Tom is trying to provoke me. | |
| 14. | Are you trying to provoke me? | |
| 15. | To preach chastity is to provoke acts against nature. Those who condemn sexuality and sully it by calling it 'impure', are guilty of a sin most grave against the holy spirit of life. | |
| 16. | Linda danced with other men to provoke Dan. | |
| 17. | Apparently, having too few foes, the Americans like to provoke the enemies of their enemies rather than befriend them. | |
| 18. | Don't provoke the beast. | |
| 19. | You seem to be trying to provoke Tom. | |
| 20. | A peal of defiant laughter rang out from Tom intending to provoke John, who stood before him. | |
| 21. | "You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?" | |
| 22. | Sami liked to provoke Layla by saying outrageous things. | |
| 23. | Sami liked to provoke his stepfather by saying outrageous things. | |
| 24. | Does he want to provoke a new outbreak of violence? | |
| 25. | Do you want to provoke a new outbreak of violence? |