| Such accentuation of nonpolitical aspects of civil society provoked two major criticisms. |
| The move has provoked accusations that Executive ministers are acting to silence a vocal critic. |
| I am easily provoked, and rather vicious when my toe is stepped on, but I'm quick to cool down and fast to reasoning. |
| Nursery nurses claim the council has provoked the action by ignoring their arguments for an increase in their hourly rate. |
| Waves of immigrants from Canada and Europe provoked jeremiads bemoaning the demise of New England's Anglo-Puritan colonial heritage. |
| A radical working class carried out a general strike in 1917 and provoked two states of siege. |
