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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:

Bent on making news, they bombard him with questions designed to provoke an explosion.
On background, the Clinton administration admits that its aim is to destroy Saddam's air defenses, demoralize his generals, and provoke a coup.
She then proceeds to call see physically and see comprehend homonyms, as well as provoke anger and provoke cause, run physical sense and run work, function, and attack physically and attack verbally.
Cold-footed French officials and fear that arrests would provoke further Serbian aggression undermined the 2 years and over $100 million spent on training and surveillance in prepararation for the roundup.
It is now an article of faith among conservatives that Clinton wants another shutdown, that he will gin up a spending fight to provoke one.