Examples of 'trying to provoke' in a sentence
Meaning of "trying to provoke"
trying to provoke ~ indicates the act of intentionally trying to provoke or incite a reaction, response, or emotional response from someone. It suggests an attempt to elicit a particular behavior, attitude, or outcome through deliberate actions or words
How to use "trying to provoke" in a sentence
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trying to provoke
I entertained myself trying to provoke them to kill me.
Trying to provoke us into a confrontation.
It seems like you are trying to provoke a fight.
You are trying to provoke me into an emotional response.
Maybe the collaborators are trying to provoke action.
Just trying to provoke him a little bit.
I would think you are trying to provoke me.
Netanyahu trying to provoke war to win election.
He was standing there among my fans trying to provoke me.
Now you are trying to provoke me into a fight.
They are quite obviously trying to provoke.
You aren t trying to provoke a specific response.
This should help if a player is spamming you or trying to provoke you.
They are trying to provoke some sort of reaction out of us.
I thought you were trying to provoke me.
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Sisko is trying to provoke us into opening a hole in our lines.
You are deliberately trying to provoke me.
You are trying to provoke me to touch you.
They are rampaging all over the world trying to provoke something.
They keep trying to provoke a conflict.
One can see that the children are props trying to provoke the soldiers.
You are trying to provoke an argument.
It appears that the giant squid is trying to provoke Taguchi.
You are trying to provoke us now.
But Hamas and their terror allies are clearly trying to provoke such a war.
I think you are trying to provoke some kind of incident.
Your whole harassment fantasy, you are trying to provoke me.
I am not trying to provoke you.
Trying to provoke him.
They are just trying to provoke you.
Trying to provoke a reaction.
He will know we are trying to provoke a response.
She was trying to provoke a reaction as her mother filmed the incident.
You persist in trying to provoke me.
Trying to provoke a fight.
They are just trying to provoke us.
I was trying to provoke him into revealing why he had suddenly brought this topic up.
You are just trying to provoke me.
He 's trying to provoke one of these guys into giving up their hand.
He was clearly trying to provoke you.
We are trying to provoke a reaction from citizens, to wake them up.
I knew she was trying to provoke me.
I was trying to provoke a reaction, and it worked.
He seems to be trying to provoke me.
I was trying to provoke you, but you chose something else.
He was clearly trying to provoke her.
If he is trying to provoke a sectarian conflict, go over to peace-enforcement mode.
All this suggests that the government is trying to provoke the opposition to violence.
They are trying to provoke us into making the first move.
Washington and the NATO Generals are trying to provoke Russia into an escalation.
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This might provoke something completely different
He writes in a way not to provoke the censor
That will provoke less nosy questions
