"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Commercial alloys usually have silicon content up to 3.2% (higher concentrations usually provoke brittleness during cold rolling).
- Davis accepted an earlier proposal, which then provoked opposition during Oakland's mayoral campaign and was withdrawn.
- Police intelligence sources reported that these students were devising a range of activities to provoke the police during the rally.
- But none of my actions provoked a response within the system during the second crisis.
- This announcement provoked a flurry of diplomatic activity (which amounted to nothing) during the last weeks of the year.
- It is believed that the Seattle Seven would have been freed had they not provoked the elderly judge with catcalls during the proceedings.
- When Colonel West's case became public last fall, it, too, provoked a debate about appropriate conduct during wartime.
- An earlier effort to change the pension system provoked huge street protests during the mid-1990's and contributed to the Socialist landslide in 1997.
- Security personnel were found provoking Three Star fans during the match.
- - provoked yet more disagreement during the debate, again about the balance of power between county and local government.
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