Provokes Sentence Examples

Her own account of her escape is, as usual, so florid that it provokes the question whether she was really in any danger.

In the one case as in the other, on both sides the struggle provokes passion and stifles truth.

But, even within the pale of the Roman Church, this identification provokes emphatic dissent, and is repudiated by all who are shocked by the effects of a onesided accentuation of political Catholicism on the inner life of the church, and are reluctant to see the priest playing the part of a political agitator.

In epic poetry Hephaestus is rather a comic figure, and his limping gait provokes "Homeric laughter" among the gods.

This significant action provokes a challenge of His authority, which is answered by a mysterious saying, not understood at the time, but interpreted afterwards as referring to the Resurrection.

Indeed, it provokes words of gentle admonition, such ' Hey!

The juxtaposition of contrasts is much unexpected and provokes outright hilarity.

Each of the five magic notes provokes a different emotion and each will be accompanied by imagery, all devised by the youngsters themselves.

Into their world wanders a bored young farmer's wife who provokes a tragedy by playing the sex kitten.

This provokes you to go on a roaring rampage of revenge as you try and find out the who's, whys and wherefores.

This provokes you to go on a roaring rampage of revenge as you try and find out the who 's, whys and wherefores.

Allergen-A foreign substance that provokes an immune reaction or allergic response in some sensitive people but not in most others.

Stressor-A stimulus, or event, that provokes a stress response in an organism.

This problem has been linked to anxiety, and one of the major ways in which both children and adults attempt to cope with anxiety is by avoiding whatever provokes the anxiety.

The invading organism causing pneumonia provokes an immune response in the lungs that causes inflammation of the lung tissue (pneumonitis), a condition that actually makes the lung environment more ideal for infection.

In other words, the command to contract the biceps provokes another command within the spine to prevent contraction of the triceps.

Trichotillomania is not the underlying cause of hair pulling if there is a medical reason for the hair loss or if another co-existing psychiatric disorder such as hallucination provokes the hair pulling.

However, autism vaccine debate continues, and Wakefield's MMR study still provokes a concern over vaccine safety among many members of the autism community.

Brandi C has graced three VH1 shows and counting, and the reaction she provokes is never middle of the road.