Provocations
[,prɔvə'keɪʃənz]
Examples
- Haven't you yourself declared that the fellow has heaped provocations, insults, and affronts on you, or something to that effect? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Former provocations reappeared. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Pride meets with provocations and disturbances upon almost every occasion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But I have other provocations. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Edited by Gertrude