provoke
verb (used with object)
to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
are provoking
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present progressiveof provoke.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They are provoking the people to do something that is not good,” he said in November.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
“They are provoking us,” said one Western diplomat who follows the International Atomic Energy Agency closely, adding that inspectors should be able to have full access next week.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2021
What’s more, these innovations are provoking unexpected progress in conventional computing.
From Nature ● Oct. 1, 2019
But efforts by Google Inc. and a few cities including Los Angeles are provoking an about-face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2014
“You are very cruel,” said her sister, “you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
