Whether she was offended or being deliberately provocative, I couldn't tell.
Her idea of taking a firm stance and asking deliberately provocative questions now seemed a bit foolhardy.
Deliberately provocative, she stepped toward him rather than back.
That makes its use either awkward in the extreme or deliberately provocative.
She knows that this is a deliberately provocative term.
He raised an eyebrow in a deliberately provocative way, as a test.
Trolling: This means saying deliberately provocative things just to stir up trouble.
Every other government was complaining that their deployment at this time constituted a deliberately provocative act.
About his sexuality, Daniels is both defiant and deliberately provocative.
His eyes narrowed at the deliberately provocative sound of her voice.
