provoking
Example Sentences
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They are charged with "provoking serious acts against public safety".
From Barron's
The impact appeared to ripple out across markets, provoking a decline in prices of stocks and bonds.
From MarketWatch
It was made into a movie starring Henry Fonda, provoking a backlash from agribusinesses and politicians, who accused Steinbeck of exaggeration or promoting socialism.
Darmanin visited him while he was in prison, provoking outrage among opposition leaders.
He called his strategy “maximum pressure”—a full-court press aimed at provoking a revolt against the government by rendering living conditions in Venezuela intolerable, while at the same time trying to trigger a military uprising.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
