Sample Sentences forprovocation (auto-selected)
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"Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em." (source)provocation = something that causes a violent or angry reaction
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None of us could figure out the provocation, but that did not matter.† (source)
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Killing them in their home without provocation would be rude!† (source)
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Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.† (source)
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Seldom to the point of death unless there were outrageous profit or provocation in it.† (source)
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Did she dissolve into tears or launch into tantrums at the slightest provocation?† (source)
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But Nelson as a pupil is apt to turn teacher himself at the least provocation.† (source)
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It wasn't obvious aggression, just small provocations.† (source)
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It was a composure born of extreme provocation.† (source)
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And we're not going to be stopped by military provocations.† (source)
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Trina's father, Walter Garnett, was a former boxer whose failed career had turned him into a violent, abusive alcoholic well known to local police for throwing a punch with little provocation.† (source)
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But I have other provocations.† (source)
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With no obvious provocation, he leaped down to the floor and bounced right out of the building like a bright-colored, fur-covered soccer ball.† (source)
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After that series of provocations, the city exploded into a riot.† (source)
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It was an act of outright provocation.† (source)
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He had not the same provocations of exhaustion and hopelessness; he had now something to work for, to struggle for.† (source)
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