Use of the word provokes in a sentence example

provokes

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Her own account of her escape is, as usual, so florid that it provokes the question whether she was really in any danger. [Please select]

He provokes my intelligence. [Please select]

'Sack-cloth and ashes' provokes nothing but a smile from women of my type and class.' [Please select]

Judged as hymnology or poetry, the Bay "Psalm Book" provokes a smile. [Please select]

And that is why music provokes an excitement which it does not bring to a conclusion. [Please select]

This invariably provokes the owners of the nest to attack the black villains, who do not resist, but take to their wings. [Please select]

_Comic pertains to revelry_; to what provokes mirth; as a _comic_ song. [Please select]

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