"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

provoke verbo

provoke + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 86
provoke debate • provoke controversy • provoke criticism • provoke outrage • provoke protests • provoke a reaction • ...
verbo + provoke
Kolokacji: 5
think provoking • try to provoke • avoid provoking • help provoke • risk provoking
2. try to provoke = spróbuj prowokować try to provoke
  • The two countries have accused each other of trying to provoke another war.
  • He has the sense that she is trying to provoke him.
  • He didn't think she was even trying to provoke him, not on any personal level.
  • They'd try to provoke him to take some sort of initiative, but he'd just smile and read the paper.
  • He is known for trying to provoke debate by asking pointed questions.
  • If other teams try to provoke us and get things started, we're not going to let it happen.
  • Of course, it might be shame he was trying to provoke.
  • I gave up trying to provoke a discussion with him.
  • The coach says things to the student to try to provoke a reaction.
  • The author was trying to provoke the question to the reader, "What does it mean to be human?"
provoke + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
provoke by • provoke among • provoke into • provoke in • provoke from • ...
provoke + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 16
deliberately provoke • easily provoked • immediately provoke • eventually provoke • intentionally provoke • ...

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