| Not only was he a great preacher, he was a leader, an inspirer, and a provoker of good. |
| To a significant degree, the victim was an initiator, willing participant, aggressor, or provoker of the incident. |
| That guy is a provoker, a really bad person, but the way I see it, the more I talk about it, the more he gets what he wants. |
| The marji'iyyah – the small group of men at the top of the Shia religious hierarchy – have come to see the Prime Minister as a provoker of crises that discredit Shi'ism and may break up the country. |
| She breaks into an affectionate laugh, and kisses its provoker, who protests. |
| The arrival of the Turner Prize, that great promoter of artistic talent and provoker of public outrage, may mark a turning point. |
