have been provoking
- present perfect progressive of provoke.
Example Sentences
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From its launch in 2021, Hindutva Watch has been a thorn in the side of Hindu nationalists who have been provoking anti-Muslim sentiment for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Police said a dissident subgroup of Farc rebels which rejected the 2016 peace deal were present in the region and may have been provoking the unrest.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023
All have been provoking huge sobs, and drawing enthusiastic audiences.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2013
I have been provoking you on purpose to make you scold me; but I didn't mean a word of the unkind things I said to you.
From Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Eveleth, Stanford
Still it must have been provoking to be customarily spoken of as "Dr. Franklin's associates."
From Benjamin Franklin by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
