His acts of vandalism provoke the mayor of the city, played by William Hurt.

This act provoked intense discussion in the dormitories among students who were scarcely teenagers when he died.

This act provoked a decision by the government to arrest Radić along with several other party members.

These acts of destruction have been provoking, true, but no lasting harm has been done.

The act provoked outrage in Boston, where it was widely viewed as a violation of colonial rights.

Still, the first act is well paced and plotted, and provokes a gasp at the curtain.

Can an absurd act provoke a transgression that makes you abandon the standard assumptions on the sources of conflict?

This act provoked the higher caste people.

This act of gross indecency provoked stern disapproval from the tour guide.

This cruel act of the military chiefs provoked hostilities with the British.