Explore Provocations through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Provocations meaning
plural of provocation
Using Provocations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of provocation
- In the example corpus, provocations often appears in combinations such as: provocations and, of provocations, and provocations.
Context around Provocations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Provocations
- In this selection, "provocations" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, korean, systematic, media, noting, led and investing stand out and add context to how "provocations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include korea s provocations and and media provocations investing kahaleh. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "provocations" sits close to words such as afterthought, avatars and basingstoke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with provocations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May 2022, has promised a stern response to North Korea's provocations. (19 words)
He threw his support 100 percent behind the PMB led government in spite of provocations from several quarters, BAT remained focused. (21 words)
Therefore, the information and psychological warfare embraces everything: economy, scientific and technical cooperation, internet, and even armed provocations,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. (21 words)
South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol visited Command Post Tango, a bunker complex for the US-South Korea combined forces, and said, according to his office, that the joint drills are a “source of power to deter North Korea’s provocations”. (41 words)
But in doing so, it acted as if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich’s provocations are fundamentally at odds with the worldview of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom America continues to give unconditional backing. (34 words)
In separate Easter messages to Nigerian Christians, the duo said Nigerians should not despair in the face of tribulations and provocations, noting that Easter is about hope and promise for those who believe. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
He threw his support 100 percent behind the PMB led government in spite of provocations from several quarters, BAT remained focused.
His administration has spared no opportunity to grovel to the Iranian regime, ignoring its countless attacks and provocations, including a plot to murder former U.S. officials in America.
In separate Easter messages to Nigerian Christians, the duo said Nigerians should not despair in the face of tribulations and provocations, noting that Easter is about hope and promise for those who believe.
Instead, the ministry noted that it had that Israel’s “occupation, the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, and the repetition of systematic provocations” led to this moment.
On the other hand, the political and media provocations investing Kahaleh incident continued in order to utilize the repercussions of the incident for electoral purposes.
Pakistan, the spokesperson said, for its part, would continue to counter India’s false narrative, and act firmly and responsibly in the face of different provocations.
Republicans criticized the Biden administration for even trying to smooth over differences with Beijing, saying it made the U.S. look weak given China's repeated provocations.
Russia today considered that China has the right to respond with military maneuvers to the “provocations” taking place around Taiwan, exercises that Beijing successfully completed on Monday.
South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol visited Command Post Tango, a bunker complex for the US-South Korea combined forces, and said, according to his office, that the joint drills are a “source of power to deter North Korea’s provocations”.
South Korean soldiers take part in an anti-terror drill against North Korea’s possible provocations amid mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula, in Seoul, South Korea, December 27, 2023.
The group’s establishment was part of U.S. efforts to ease South Korean worries about North Korean provocations while keeping Seoul from pursuing its own nuclear program.
Therefore, the information and psychological warfare embraces everything: economy, scientific and technical cooperation, internet, and even armed provocations,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The visit also comes as North Korea continues to heighten its military provocations, launching multiple intercontinental ballistic missile tests in the past year.
We can see that Russia is trying to draw international attention by such provocations,” Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller told private television Polsat News on Sunday.
Whatever Momika’s motivations, his provocations in Sweden are giving the regimes in Iran and Iraq an expedient opportunity to redirect citizen frustration away from themselves, toward Sweden.
Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May 2022, has promised a stern response to North Korea's provocations.
But in doing so, it acted as if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich’s provocations are fundamentally at odds with the worldview of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom America continues to give unconditional backing.
But it was a harbinger of slightly less offensive provocations to come, and proof positive that "Seinfeld" would flit around the boundaries of bad taste for the rest of its run.
Commenting on continued North Korean provocations, Campbell pointed out Washington's efforts to have China exert its influence in order to address security challenges from Pyongyang.
Creepy, distracting ads like Make a Mom's 'semen stealing' provocations will likely continue as X scrambles to make up the $1.5 billion in revenue it lost last year.
Common combinations with provocations
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- provocations and 12×
- of provocations 8×
- and provocations 8×
- provocations in 7×
- the provocations 6×
- korean provocations 4×
- provocations from 3×
- provocations to 3×
- military provocations 3×
- provocations are 3×