Sample Sentences for
provocative
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    Her theories tend to be more provocative than plausible.
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    The Milwaukee Braves won the World Series, and the hot winds of change that would make the sixties a turbulent, racing, dangerous, and provocative decade had not yet begun to blow full.  (source)
    provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
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    Judith tipped back her head and smiled up at him provocatively.  (source)
    provocatively = attempting to arouse his interest
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    Once Harding asked what manner of cigarette they were smoking that smelled so provocative,  (source)
    provocative = stimulating (arousing interest)
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    Doubletree Mutt looked into the barn, his big tail waving provocatively, and Jody was so incensed at his health that he found a hard black clod on the floor and deliberately threw it.  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes
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    Her manner is open and lightly provocative.  (source)
    provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
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    Mary Jane looked around, then looked back at Ramona, smiling as provocatively as possible.  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates
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    Give them a shout. Something provocative. Intrigue them.  (source)
    provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
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    Now and then one or other party would shout provocatively over the shoulder, but it is hard to come into serious conflict back to back, and the affair ended with their giving each other tall glasses of lager beer.†  (source)
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    the provocative smile on her lips  (source)
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    I wore loose clothes and could not be proven to have behaved provocatively.†  (source)
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    But her sister stared back with sultry eyes, boldly provocative.  (source)
    provocative = tending to stimulate interest or sexual desire
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    Her breasts swell provocatively from the V of the gown.†  (source)
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