"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- What seemed designed to shock is a work of art that has provoked admiration and above all astonishment at its beauty and originality.
- Thus although it "provoked formal admiration... it was quietly abandoned in favour of simple consolidation."
- Locally Thong Man, as Gottschalk came to be known, provoked both admiration and disgust.
- On Wall Street, the Salomon Brothers culture long provoked admiration and dread.
- "But rising early is staunch and meritorious, provoking only admiration from the capable, or aloof distaste from those who are slugabeds."
- He seems to have provoked resentment and admiration in equal measure.
- His deals provoke admiration, anger and envy.
- His entry into oceanography, for which he has no training, has provoked both admiration and resentment.
- I understand why bees provoke admiration and respect from those who work with them and why beekeeping is growing in popularity - bees are great.
- In part, the new interest was no doubt triggered by the recent discovery in France of two spectacular painted caves that provoked much admiration and publicity.
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