All 7 Uses of
provoke
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- You are very provoking, and will not give me credit for anything; but let me hear this second proof, which you yourself own to be absurd.†
Chpt 57-58 *
- Provoked by a complete refusal, she bit her lip and said, "Then shall I send Valentine to you?"†
Chpt 57-58
- It was not so much the conviction that she was disinherited that caused her grief, but her total inability to account for the feelings which had provoked her grandfather to such an act.†
Chpt 59-60
- Another might threaten to seek M. Franz, to provoke him, and to fight with him; all that would be folly.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Have you so soon changed your mind," added Morcerf, "or have you only provoked my request that you may have the pleasure of seeing me humbled?"†
Chpt 77-78
- He stated his scruples and the difficulties of the case; it was the honor of M. de Morcerf, and that of the whole House, he proposed to defend, by provoking a debate on personal questions, which are always such painful themes of discussion.†
Chpt 85-86
- No; it is not you who have directly made this exposure and brought this sorrow on us, but you hypocritically provoked it.†
Chpt 87-88
Definition:
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(provoke) to cause a reaction -- typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally