easily provoked
Example Sentences
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"We are not a country that is easily provoked," Fidan said.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Why they should be so easily provoked by trolls and charlatans is an interesting question, but also one that might get in the way of an appreciation of their creator’s strengths.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
In her neighborhood, she had been known as a fighter, easily provoked.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018
He is inexperienced, uninformed, easily provoked and supremely confident in his own judgment.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2017
Charity is not easily provoked, therefore it can forbear, is easily appeased, therefore it can forgive, it is not soon displeased, or hard to be pleased, “forbearing and forgiving one another in love.”
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
