"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

provoke verbo

provoke + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 86
provoke debate • provoke controversy • provoke criticism • provoke outrage • provoke protests • provoke a reaction • ...
verbo + provoke
Kolokacji: 5
think provoking • try to provoke • avoid provoking • help provoke • risk provoking
provoke + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
provoke by • provoke among • provoke into • provoke in • provoke from • ...
provoke + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 16
deliberately provoke • easily provoked • immediately provoke • eventually provoke • intentionally provoke • ...
  • And yet this trial did matter to her; hadn't she deliberately provoked it?
  • No, I hadn't deliberately provoked him by looking away.
  • He'd threatened me, and then I'd deliberately provoked him by parking across from the gym.
  • The guards in and around the prison deliberately provoke the political prisoners.
  • Nothing happened by accident: they were deliberately provoking and teasing my physical response.
  • His investigations lead him to the conclusion that this accident was deliberately provoked.
  • What if she deliberately provoked him with her body, which seemed to hold a fascination for him?
  • A sudden reckless urge to play with fire made her deliberately provoke him.
  • Baker himself was aware that the book would be controversial, and deliberately provoked much of the reaction he received.
  • "I'm beginning to think that I deliberately provoked it."

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