Example Sentences

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"The Hezbollah guys in the area had been provoking them for months," said a Sunni woman resident, who asked not to be named.

From Reuters • Jun. 25, 2013

He hardly knew; but she had been provoking, and he had been tired, impatient; there had been a great scene, and then this silence, which he swore he would not break.

From Melody : the Story of a Child by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

Tom knew well that he should get into trouble if it was found out that he had been provoking the creature; so down he slipped, and was off in another direction in a few minutes.

From The Fairchild Family by Rudland, Florence M.