Used in a Sentence

provoked

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for provoked.

Editorial note

Either they gained or lost out of it and thus provoked the US to take action.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of provoked gathered in one view.

adjective

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for provoked.

adjective

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

Example sentences

1

Either they gained or lost out of it and thus provoked the US to take action.

2

It left me just flabbergasted by how little provoked them, or how they somehow thought their behavior was appropriate or justified.

3

When one initial condition is a dumbed-down, provocative title, we nearly always get a dumbed-down and provoked discussion.

4

Looking at the source, I noticed this uses RequireJS, which provoked in me a slight feeling of nostalgia.

5

This was provoked in a street with a synagogue but the rabbi of the said synagogue said it was never a target.

6

I'm amazed that such a simple translation of form has provoked such markedly vehement negative responses from a certain cross-section.

7

Your comment provoked a quick search on pointer-less encoding of tries.

8

That sounds reasonable; only observe one side of the conflict and none of what might have provoked it and base your whole opinion on that.

9

The whole Twitter exchange is a pitiful sour grapes circle jerk, and I'm surprised that it's provoked such a massive response.

10

When provoked, I can be as big an asshole as anyone else I suppose.

11

* The Mitnick/Shimomura Saga in summer '95, which surfaced TCP sequencing and provoked the eventual adoption of SSH.

12

These include obvious threats like Malcom X and less obvious ones like the potential for a large group of people to simply devolve into violence when provoked.

Quote examples

1

Any regime can call something "intention of promoting underground political movements with roots in the hateful ideologies that have provoked much of the violence" in order to quell dissent.

2

It is: "There was no such thing [here: <<evidence of a murder for hire scheme>>] introduced for the trial " (exact words taken from the comment rooting this subthread and the parent comment that provoked it).

3

The problem that these laws are trying to address isn't (only) that some people might get their "panties in a bunch", but that those comments are often posted with the intention of promoting underground political movements with roots in the hateful ideologies that have provoked much of the violence in the past century.

4

And since the testimony has been reduced from "let's convict Ulbricht of murder for hire" to "character witness hearsay from disgraced and corrupt federal agents who themselves provoked the alleged crimes by stealing many hundreds of thousands of dollars from Ulbricht"; can sentencing be revisited by the court, or is a new trial required?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use provoked in a sentence?

Either they gained or lost out of it and thus provoked the US to take action.

What does provoked mean?

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

What part of speech is provoked?

provoked is commonly used as adjective.