provoker

Example Sentences

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Pundit and eager discourse provoker Matt Yglesias has made a mission of reporting bogus paper tags in D.C., which is plagued by bad drivers from neighboring Maryland and Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2023

For his part, Mr Wilcox, the simian provoker and professor, thinks the movement is related to the decline of the traditional family unit.

From Economist • Jun. 16, 2016

Robin – as in Hood – is a college dropout and provoker of accidents.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

This show is not conceived as a historical statement, but rather as a provoker of curiosity, and as such it thoroughly succeeds.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was one of his favorite starts—he seldom had a word in mind, but it was a curiosity provoker, and he could always produce something complimentary if he got in a tight corner.

From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)