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  • Her theories tend to be more provocative than plausible.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Mary Jane looked around, then looked back at Ramona, smiling as provocatively as possible.  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates
  • Give them a shout. Something provocative. Intrigue them.  (source)
    provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
  • 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
  • Her manner is open and lightly provocative.  (source)
    provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
  • Lady Merryweather, the Myrish beauty with the black hair and the big dark eyes, spun so provocatively that every man in the hall was soon watching her.†  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates -- especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger
  • Sukeena immediately began dancing in a most fluid, provocative and suggestive manner.  (source)
    Provocative = sexy
  • Her breasts swell provocatively from the V of the gown.†  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates -- especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger
  • But her sister stared back with sultry eyes, boldly provocative.  (source)
    provocative = tending to stimulate interest or sexual desire
  • Plato's Socrates provocatively tells his jury that he is a hero.†  (source)
    provocatively = in a manner that provokes, excites, or stimulates -- especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger
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