Read full poem →‘Am I my brother’s keeper? go ask him.
Who was it that provoked me? should he rail,
And I not smite? his death be on his head.’
Dictionary Entry
To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
In a Sentence
“Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. provoked
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Poetry examples for “provoked”
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Read full poem →principal performers from him, and by wanton op-
pressions provoked them to attempt their deliverance
from the tyranny he exercised over them. An asso-
Read full poem →tions?” No- vice, no impiety escaped them; not only
sins provoked their censure, they even reproved the
indecencies of dress, and indelicacies of behaviour.
Read full poem →ventured to suggest elsewhere, that it was the latter event which
provoked this strange and sombre explosion of spleen, a satire of the
same order as the _Tale of a Tub_ or the _Vision of Judgment_. The
Read full poem →and congenial disposition he had much enjoyed, Mr.
Reynolds' objection to a projected Preface provoked
the following spirited remonstrance : —
Read full poem →what I have and shall do for Mansoul, they may to my Father be
reconciled, though by their sin they have provoked him to anger, and
though by the law they cannot obtain mercy.
Read full poem →Who suffereth long and is kind,
Is not provoked, though blind
And alive ensepulchred?