Example sentences for: provocatively

How can you use “provocatively” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Clinton also picked up lax attitudes about sex from his mother, who dressed provocatively in short shorts and tube tops, and his biological father, allegedly a bigamist.

  • Montréal’s oldest monument was somewhat provocatively erected in 1809, just four years after the British admiral’s devastating defeat of the French at Trafalgar.

  • The successful forager wiggles her abdomen provocatively from side to side, moving forward in a straight line.

  • Like pop and minimalism, it was provocatively easy to make.

  • To this day, for example, we cannot be sure whether it was primitive fear or mischievous humour that inspired a famous Indian woman to introduce herself to white people by her nickname ( Pocahontas , which provocatively suggests `Wanton Valley' or `Wild Place') rather than by her demure real name, Matowaka `Snowflake.


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