6 sentences with 'provoked'
Example sentences and phrases with the word provoked and other words derived from it.
• « That battle provoked grudging admiration from the Romans, who were forced to acknowledge that they had finally met their match, the Persians. »
• « A themata (themata) was a territory, originally one-quarter of the empire, organised around military conscription. A single general appointed directly by the emperor controlled each thémas. In turn, only soldiers from that thémas served in it; this provoked local pride in the military prowess of the subject, which helped morale. »
• « The very nature of the break with a single authoritarian institution provoked a number of competing movements, some of which were directly inspired by and connected to Luther, but many of which soon were not. »
• « The king vacillated on this question for weeks, but when the representatives met in June 1789 he confirmed that the vote would be by Estates. This provoked a spontaneous, and for the moment peaceful, act of defiance from many of the Third Estate representatives, who were joined by some sympathetic nobles and priests. »
• « In 1810, Napoleon divorced his wife Josephine (who had not produced a male heir) and married the Habsburg princess, Marie Louise. This provoked suspicion, silent protests and military desertion, as it appeared to be an open betrayal of revolutionary anti-monarchist principles: instead of defying the kings of Europe, he tried to create his own royal line by marrying into one! »
• « France lost two important eastern regions, Alsace and Lorraine, and had to pay a considerable war indemnity, which inspired an enormous amount of resentment among the French (and provoked a desire for revenge - revenge). »