Examples of 'slightest provocation' in a sentence

Meaning of "slightest provocation"

slightest provocation: This phrase refers to a situation where even the smallest or most minor action or event can cause someone to react strongly, usually in a negative or aggressive way

How to use "slightest provocation" in a sentence

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slightest provocation
I never gave her the slightest provocation.
At the slightest provocation she gets all wet.
I want her arrested at the slightest provocation.
At the slightest provocation you erupt like a volcano.
Ready to spill over at the slightest provocation.
Slightest provocation on his part.
They will fall at the slightest provocation.
At the slightest provocation this suspicion could degenerate into an appalling bloodbath.
Prepared for the slightest provocation.
The slightest provocation could cause another collapse that would crush us all.
They shout out at the slightest provocation or none.
These creatures would attack each other savagely with the slightest provocation.
With the slightest provocation.
Overseers beat the children on the slightest provocation.
They will flee at the slightest provocation to ensure the plague continues to spread.

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Do not call the police at the slightest provocation.
At the slightest provocation she gets all wet . Is not that right, little one?
They burst into song at the slightest provocation.
They will not tolerate nest inspections and will desert their nest at the slightest provocation.
You react to a slightest provocation.
We should not regard it as a mechanism to be used at the slightest provocation.
Laugh at the slightest provocation.
He seemed ready to charge into a fight at the slightest provocation.
Unexpected attack, without the slightest provocation on the person of the one attacked, is the.
Was to avoid the samurai duty to die at the slightest provocation.
People now fly off the handle at the slightest provocation when others disagree with them.
We have no qualms about killing and will do so at the slightest provocation.
I know, right? Slightest provocation.
Personality conflicts could lead to fights at the slightest provocation.
Large Yanomamo villages are volatile and the slightest provocation can spark a violent outburst.
Quite the contrary . There is latent instability which threatens to resurface at the slightest provocation.
He 's been issuing notices at the slightest provocation since 6 months!
It produced " septal rage . " These creatures would attack each other savagely with the slightest provocation.
They burst into song on the slightest provocation.
Skeletal misalignments can occur at even the slightest provocation.
She lost her temper at the slightest provocation.
They were ruthless and violent men, not hesitating to kill under the slightest provocation.
She starts fights with the slightest provocation.
Educated young ladies … Quite right . should not burst into song at the slightest provocation.
Ready to fight on the slightest provocation.
Rally cars have suspensions set up to oversteer at the slightest provocation.
Ready to react to the slightest provocation.
Some filly had come up and talked to me without the slightest provocation.
They get angry easily at the slightest provocation.
They look for an opportunity to cane us upon the slightest provocation.
We become annoyed at the slightest provocation.
He is highly aggressive and confrontational, and will fight at the slightest provocation.
We will prove it On the slightest provocation.
The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.
They ‘ shoot to kill ' as a result of the slightest provocation or suspicion.

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Examples of using Provocation
No provocation nor warning nor offer of parley
For the conscious provocation of your whole being
Provocation always causes something to come alive
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