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Sentences starting with provoke

Provoke the man as far as is possible without exciting suspicion, and if I know him rightly, he will stand upon his rights, and refuse you persistently. [10]

Short sentences using provoke

Do not provoke him! [10]
Do not provoke her. [10]

More example sentences with the word provoke in them

I gave up trying to provoke a discussion with him. [5]
Would you provoke them to discharge their fury in some more dreadful manner? [10]
I believe that their confidence in the authenticity of Mrs. Eddy's inspirations is so limitless and so firmly established that no change, however violent, which she might make in a Bible text could disturb their composure or provoke from them a protest. [5]
You admire what the Americans call scenery; we, since you provoke me to say it, love nature --I mean its individual, almost personal manifestations. [4]
He was always sure to be stimulated by a new point of view, but he never failed to provoke Kernaghan by scepticism. [11]
Still there was some new cause to provoke his interest and draw him to herself. [11]
He purposed to show himself in all his dignity to the overbearing architect, but he also remembered that it was not advisable to provoke unnecessarily the mysterious bearded stranger, with the big clog. [10]
For if Mr. Rhodes's plan was to provoke a collision that would compel the interference of England, that was a serious matter. [5]
His passion for revenge, on the other hand, is boundless--no one living can control it; and not even the noble Julia can shield those who provoke it from a cruel end. [10]
There was no reason why he should provoke the enmity of the parish unnecessarily; and up to this-point Pomfrette had shifted for himself after a fashion, if a hard fashion. [11]
But he was quite fearless, and if it was not his duty to provoke a difficulty, his fighting nature would not shrink from giving as good as he got. [11]
One side will provoke, the other resent. [7]
Why should I provoke a catastrophe which appears inevitable if I invite it by exposing myself to its too well ascertained cause? [6]
In this world one must be like everybody else if he doesn't want to provoke scorn or envy or jealousy. [5]
A beggar in Naples who can show a foot which has all run into one horrible toe, with one shapeless nail on it, has a fortune--but such an exhibition as that would not provoke any notice in Constantinople. [5]
They provoke worldly men into using light conversation concerning sacred subjects. [5]
The shy young man may provoke curiosity, but he does not always inspire respect. [4]
They do the lovely Horicon no service who provoke such comparisons. [4]
But the humor in this letter, such as it is, would scarcely provoke a smile to-day. [5]
But after what I have this moment said, I hesitated, thinking that I might provoke the obvious remark that I exemplified the unfitness of which I had been speaking. [6]
Then I knew his object: to provoke a quarrel between this young gentleman and myself, which might lead to evil ends; and the Intendant's share in the conspiracy was to revenge himself upon the Seigneur for his close friendship with the Governor. [11]
Not to have fought, then, after the supreme indignity and outrage we had suffered, would have been to provoke every further wrong, and to furnish the means for its commission. [6]
They knew--they were expressly notified--that the giving of bread to the few brave and hungry men of the garrison was all which would on that occasion be attempted, unless themselves, by resisting so much, should provoke more. [7]
But, once more: Do not provoke the Negro; beware of him; and the next time you meet him subdue your pride and make as though you had never seen him before. [10]
Then, although the crowd begged him to go on, and tried to provoke him to it by catcalls, jeers, and shouts of: "Let him speak! [5]
Some of the characters may have been thought to have been drawn from life; but the personages mentioned are mostly composites, like Mr. Galton's compound photographic likenesses, and are not calculated to provoke scandal or suits for libel. [6]
The clergy have been pretty well republicanized within that last two or three generations, and are not likely to provoke quarrels by assertion of their special dignities or privileges. [6]
The novel may become a classic, because it represents human nature, or even the whimsicalities of a period; but the illustrations of the artist only provoke a smile, because he has represented merely the unessential and the fleeting. [4]
But Gifted must be looked after, that he should not provoke the unamiable comments of the city youth by any defect or extravagance of costume. [6]
But it would be a hard task to tell of all the ways whereby the painter would provoke me to reprove him. [10]
Did she apologize, as if she had done anything to provoke it? [4]
But his ears are everywhere, and he promptly becomes the implacable enemy of those who provoke his resentment. [10]
But to provoke another seizure after his past experiences would be too much like committing suicide. [6]
Sheil Crozier as a "father" to her was too artificial not to provoke their sense of the grotesque. [11]

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