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Example sentences for: provoke

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

Originally sexual conservatives claimed to oppose condoms because they would provoke more sex.
The move would boost the government's popularity but would provoke worldwide trade sanctions and heighten regional tensions.
Shortly thereafter, dsRNA was shown to provoke gene silencing in other organisms, including plants (Waterhouse et al.
Don’t provoke them — a bite can be dangerous.
Hats off to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Dominici, who is trying to put the brakes on the Republicans' heedless zeal to pass a tax-cut bill in order to provoke a presidential veto they can then use in the 2000 campaign.