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Example sentences for: provokes

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Overplay of Elton John's funeral tribute to the late Princess Diana provokes a backlash.
"Ally McBeal : A horrific school shooting provokes discussion and soul-searching among the Boston legal community and the nation.
Turning to subjects about which I know little, I was delighted by the full and informative article, INDIAN ENGLISH 1, but even that provokes a criticism (probably felt by the Editor even more strongly than by me), namely, where is the Index?
In fact, the sheer pronunciation of the letters in sounds like the lip-smacking yum yum or the postprandial urp and sigh provokes a chuckle.
The more you wish that Forbes would go away, the more it provokes him to stay and waste more of your time.