Example Sentences

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Norris has felt this year that a lack of feeling from the front axle of the car has been provoking mistakes when he has tried to push to the absolute limit in qualifying.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Flossie Lewis has been provoking generations of students into thoughtful silence since she began teaching in 1945.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2018

He has been provoking ever so long, and I won’t bear it any longer!” and she flounced into a chair.

From Modern Broods by Yonge, Charlotte Mary