"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The nature of the devices used in the attack provoked derision from much of the British public, who regarded it as an unfair and unsporting method of waging war.
- Yet his single-minded ambition to become leader of all Arabs and the way his enormous ego appears sometimes to cloud his judgment have provoked concern and widespread derision.
- Admittedly T Blair did assert a year or two ago that Saudi Arabia 'shared our values' , but in doing so he provoked widespread derision.
- That has provoked derision from both conservative and liberal legal experts.
- In the oilfields, it provokes derision.
- The ad provoked loud and sustained derision, but sales climbed and Lucky Strike Green never returned.
- But at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week, they provoked widespread derision instead.
- From him we learn how indecision Of character provokes derision.
- His job as an estate agent regularly provokes derision from Mark.
- --one's sides would split with laughter at the silly brute, were he not altogether too contemptible to provoke even derision!
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