"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- And if we don't accede to such a modest request, we'd provoke resentment.
- Because the plan affects some areas more that others, it has provoked considerable resentment within the department even though the recommendations are not final.
- He seems to have provoked resentment and admiration in equal measure.
- Because it would provoke resentment, and therefore wouldn't be perfect after all?
- But that effort, led by the United States, was only partially successful and provoked considerable resentment among some nations.
- Some residents often appoint themselves community watchdogs to enforce such restrictions, provoking resentment in the process.
- This can provoke resentment over who is entitled to the best name.
- But the decision to limit the programs of cash grants to those who lost jobs or businesses has provoked both confusion and resentment.
- His entry into oceanography, for which he has no training, has provoked both admiration and resentment.
- Moreover, when the project has provoked great resentment in the specific area of Athens because it will destroy...
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