Provoked

Examples

• He provoked the military intervention of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His poverty seems particularly to have provoked the scorn of Carlyle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This provoked the Seventh Crusade, the Crusade of St. Louis, King of France (Louis IX), who was taken prisoner in Egypt and ransomed in 1250. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She was not sure of the nature of the emotions she had provoked. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Richard alone, as if he loved the danger his presence had provoked, rode slowly along the front of the Templars, calling aloud, What, sirs! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This action of Adrian provoked me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She would not have said so if you had not provoked her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was all unnecessary, and he himself need not have provoked it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I am not provoked. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He was obstinate, but not firm; benevolent in his first movements; harsh and reckless when provoked. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This provoked the Third Crusade (1189). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It had been provoked by the fall of Edessa to the Moslems in 1144. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But I am not to be provoked. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I was sometimes quite provoked, but then I recollected my dear Elizabeth and Jane, and for their sakes had patience with her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The contrast was too grotesque: she could scarcely suppress the smile it provoked. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Madame Rigaud retorted; I retorted; Madame Rigaud grew warm; I grew warm, and provoked her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Do speak louder, marquis, I answered, provoked that he should be afraid of any woman but myself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He provoked a universal imitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Even he drew back for a moment, dismayed at the intensity of hatred he had provoked. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But her reminder that they were in his wife's carriage provoked him to an impulse of retaliation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the salesman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sir Thomas could not be provoked. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Rosamond, he said, turning his eyes on her with a melancholy look, you should allow for a man's words when he is disappointed and provoked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The largest and fattest of all possible house-maids answered it, in a state of cheerful stupidity which would have provoked the patience of a saint. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The news of Lady Crawley's death provoked no more grief or comment than might have been expected in Miss Crawley's family circle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She was only a girl, and she looked like a thousand others I have seen, but never a girl provoked such a novel and peculiar interest in me before. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Rome provoked the war by encouraging the Numidians to encroach upon Carthage until the Carthaginians were goaded to fight in despair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Legree was provoked beyond measure by Tom's evident happiness; and riding up to him, belabored him over his head and shoulders. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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