"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For others, it will provoke sympathy rather than scorn.
- This is one of those minimal "secret battles" revealed to provoke maximum public sympathy - something Prescott has never enjoyed in all his years in public life.
- If you wish to provoke sympathy" "That would be an error on my part; yes, I'm quite cognizant of that.
- Unlike a good old-fashioned flu, which everyone understands is debilitating, allergies usually do not provoke sympathy.
- Guilt does not endear; it may provoke sympathy, but it does not endear.
- Ali is loved and cherished now, an American folk hero whose mumblings with Parkinson's syndrome provoke understandable sympathy for what he endured as a gladiator.
- Professor Slovic has written that highlighting individuals is the most effective way of provoking sympathy and concern for a cause.
- Enjoyment and beauty provoke sympathy.
- The accident provoked sympathy around the world, and when the survivors returned home, a quarter-million people lined the 12-mile route between the airport and Old Trafford.
- News of his murder quickly spread throughout Germany and provoked outrage and sympathy.
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