Similar words: provoke, provocative, provocation, evoke, invoke, revoke, hooked, choked. Meaning: [prə'vəʊk] adj. incited, especially deliberately, to anger.
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(91) The poem is given here in its 1807 version, since this provoked the controversy over it.
(92) The new import laws have provoked furious complaints from business groups.
(93) Even if he had not gained her confidence by constant restimulation of late-life areas he would have provoked her tears.
(94) I understand why he chose this country, where the governing party is never rude, even when provoked, and unfailingly considerate.
(95) The announcement provoked a storm of criticism and anxious residents voiced concern over their uncertain future.
(96) Provoked beyond control, Satan bayed in fury and launched himself at his tormentor's face.
(97) Read in studio Well, the sentence imposed on Andrew Hayton has also provoked anger in parliament.
(98) True, bolder challenges to orthodoxy, especially when they touched upon the role played by the party, provoked fierce resistance.
(99) Although accommodation between the two cultural traditions is often achieved, the conflicts provoked have also been intense.
(100) The Thatcher government's policy, effected in the Broadcasting Act of 1990, provoked intense debate.
(101) There was generally a fist fight in Hard Class after lunch, and Vassily provoked quarrels at every meal.
(102) Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. Criss Jami
(103) For the physician, it is a demand to identify the objective source of the tissue damage which provoked the subjective awareness.
(104) This action provoked further disturbances on the streets of Karachi and in other towns and cities.
(105) The change depended upon changes in the wider context of controversy, which provoked the development of formerly implicit attitudinal aspects.
(106) Such detailed planning would have provoked snorts of derision from Sir Keith.
(107) But what followed was usually at least embarrassing for the firms, and quite often the disclosures provoked international action.
(108) Which meant that something else, apart from the defence of Silvia, had provoked her own furious outburst yesterday evening.
(109) Gradually as he described similar episodes in which he was attacked or provoked, Deborah saw two patterns emerging.
(110) Another planned golf course in the Central Highlands has also provoked anger among locals.
(111) To be firm and remain courteous is the great art, especially when you feel threatened or are greatly provoked.
(112) His detention has provoked the anger of his supporters, who include the radical state senator Tom Hayden.
(113) As it was Britain's shift to protectionism and Imperial Preference provoked much criticism from Washington.
(114) The resulting deep distrust provoked by social surfaces leaves Chandler unimpressed by anything as literal as an economic recovery.
(115) This act of gross indecency provoked stern disapproval from the tour guide.
(116) George Pataki have felt it necessary to lend the dignity of their offices to the national swoon this incident has provoked.
(117) The story of its ill-fated Paris premiere in 1913, which provoked fighting in the audience(sentencedict.com/provoked.html), is well known.
(118) This provoked intense opposition, not least from her own family, in a militantly Hindu city like Kumbbakoman.
(119) The move provoked a prolonged debate about the pricing of audits.
(120) His deceptively simple judgments dealt only with the essential points, stated the law tersely and clearly, and rarely provoked dissent.
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