"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 9

(2) easily, surely

Kolokacji: 2

(3) eventually, finally, initially

Kolokacji: 3

1. eventually provoke = ostatecznie sprowokuj eventually provoke

2. finally provoke = w końcu sprowokuj finally provoke

3. initially provoke = początkowo sprowokuj initially provoke

The painting initially provoked complaints in Iowa, where some women protested that Mrs. Graham was poking fun at them with her dour expression.
Although the project initially provoked controversy-largely because this type of private conservation philanthropy was previously unheard of in Chile-the park continues to gain the support of locals and visitors alike.
To those who still sniff at his work, contemplate the reasons that artists whose work initially provoked the disdain of art critics later found a place in history.
Stock market history suggests that a Middle East war, because it is so widely expected, could initially provoke little reaction.
New methods of killing people initially provoke outrage but eventually are often accepted.
The painting initially provoked complaints in Cedar Rapids, where some women protested that Mrs. Graham was poking fun at them with her dour depiction of an Iowa farm woman.
No wonder that the work initially provoked responses ranging, Ms. Luchs writes, from "profound admiration to fury and disgust."
That is why the governing coalition's selection of Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata as the next Prime Minister initially provoked contradictory responses.
Of course, the Commission's proposal initially provoked several questions.
Introduction of Sapsan initially provoked cancelling of affordable daytime trains between Moscow and St.Petersburg.

(4) frequently, occasionally

Kolokacji: 2

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