All 6 Uses of
provoke
in
War and Peace
- Nesvitski could hardly keep from laughter provoked by a swarthy hussar officer who walked beside him.†
Chpt 2 *
- He grew still more irritable, and it was Princess Mary who generally bore the brunt of his frequent fits of unprovoked anger.†
Chpt 6
- In the contrary case, Your Majesty, I shall see myself forced to repel an attack that nothing on my part has provoked.†
Chpt 9
- So thought the Emperor, and the Russian commanders and people were still more provoked at the thought that our forces were retreating into the depths of the country.†
Chpt 10
- She provoked the jealousy of the elderly magnate and told him what she had told her other suitor; that is, she put the matter so that the only way for him to obtain a right over her was to marry her.†
Chpt 11
- In the one case as in the other, on both sides the struggle provokes passion and stifles truth.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(provoke) to cause a reaction -- typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally