"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Hardly popular with many Americans, Mr. Chávez provoked widespread ridicule by calling President Bush "the devil."
- I have no idea of a man being a good diplomatist who does not give good dinners', he provoked widespread ridicule.
- Pinter's blunt political statements, and the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature, elicited strong criticism and even, at times, provoked ridicule and personal attacks.
- Divided skirts, bloomers and knickerbockers were tried as fashionable women attempted to resolve the matter without provoking hostility, ridicule or violence.
- As the result of this action, the viceroy received the title of Conde de Venadito, which provoked much ridicule.
- The Australian Communications and Media Authority ruled Newman was likely to have "provoked severe ridicule on the basis of the man's colour and race".
- And an activity that rids a yearlong supply of dust from rugs should not provoke ridicule.
- In the San Francisco Bay area, a three-year delay, sporadic equipment failures and a design that cost twice as much as budgeted has provoked hand-wringing and ridicule.
- His political statements have elicited some strong public criticism and even, at times, provoked ridicule and personal attacks.
- The ACMA ruled that the Channel was guilty of breaking its racism clause - 'provoking intense dislike, serious contempt or severe ridicule against a person or group'.
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