Bizarre as it is, the work has provoked awe and delight in Belgium.

This work only provoked further conflict with the Stationers' Company.

This work provoked debate in the academic community from the moment it was published and is still inspiring conversation and new research today.

But the work also provoked the ire of landowners, who persuaded the authorities to jail him for six months.

Moye's work with rural education and his writings provoked criticism from certain elements of the city.

She testified in the Arkansas creationism trial, and her work provoked a wide public response.

His work provoked a substantial body of writing by other authors.

His work that stirred tremendous controversy in its time and provoked responses from the leading American citizens.

Any work of art worth looking at provokes conflicting interests within the individual viewer.

Barney's work has provoked strong critical reaction, both positive and negative.