Provoke
in example sentence
Fortunately, the film didn't prove realistic enough to
provoke
anything more than a startled gasp or two from me.
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We are there to inspire, to provoke, to mobilize, to bring hope to our people.
All right, what we're just feeling there is plus-one emotional resilience, which means you have the ability to
provoke
powerful, positive emotions like curiosity or love, which we feel looking at baby animals, when you need them most.
Afraid of the conflict that that would provoke, afraid to get embroiled in arguments that they did not know how to manage, and felt that they were bound to lose.
Our fears
provoke
in us a very similar form of suspense.
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