How do you use Provocateurs in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Provocateurs meaning
plural of provocateur
Using Provocateurs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of provocateur
- In the example corpus, provocateurs often appears in combinations such as: agent provocateurs, agents provocateurs.
Context around Provocateurs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Provocateurs
- In this selection, "provocateurs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, agent, wing, agents, intent, curious and hurled stand out and add context to how "provocateurs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act as provocateurs who attack and agent provocateurs i believe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "provocateurs" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with provocateurs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The provocateurs hurled fistfuls of dollars toward the trading floor below. (11 words)
Agent provocateurs, I believe, were behind these incidents in Laing Avenue and at Sophia. (14 words)
In short, it’s a setup with ample opportunity for provocateurs intent on heightening tension to find targets for adversarial engagement. (21 words)
Mr Coltart also revealed that Mr Tsvangirai did not only engage in intra-party violence where he used “agents provocateurs” such as one Tonderai Ndira but sought to escalate violence into a nationwide confrontation with the ruling Zanu-PF. (39 words)
Some votaries of tradition claim that the activists that strive for women entry act as provocateurs who attack customs from anti-religious positions and not because there are believers. (29 words)
He also raised questions about the ex-officers charged with the murder of George Floyd and how the protests against police brutality have been infiltrated by agent provocateurs. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
In short, it’s a setup with ample opportunity for provocateurs intent on heightening tension to find targets for adversarial engagement.
Agent provocateurs, I believe, were behind these incidents in Laing Avenue and at Sophia.
He also raised questions about the ex-officers charged with the murder of George Floyd and how the protests against police brutality have been infiltrated by agent provocateurs.
A wave of vocal, right-wing provocateurs has been elected to public office in Brazil in recent years, riding a surge of enthusiasm from their loyal YouTube viewers.
Mr Coltart also revealed that Mr Tsvangirai did not only engage in intra-party violence where he used “agents provocateurs” such as one Tonderai Ndira but sought to escalate violence into a nationwide confrontation with the ruling Zanu-PF.
Some votaries of tradition claim that the activists that strive for women entry act as provocateurs who attack customs from anti-religious positions and not because there are believers.
Many of the same people returned from the previous evening—hustlers, street youths, and "queens"—but they were joined by "police provocateurs", curious bystanders, and even tourists.
The provocateurs hurled fistfuls of dollars toward the trading floor below.
Common combinations with provocateurs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: