| And Merula presumptuously and provokingly continuing to prate, he disputed no further, but assented with evasive politeness. |
| His subjects gaze proudly, slyly, questioningly, provokingly or even exhaustedly into the camera. |
| On the next day the weather still showed no sign of change, but kept provokingly and obstinately fair. |
| In hair and complexion she was neither light nor dark, but provokingly neutral just between the two. |
| Eight nurses at a group dwelling in Sweden were interviewed about their experiences when caring for a person who acts provokingly. |
| There's something at once provokingly unreal yet disturbingly natural in Tobin's modular streamlined music bricolage. |
