7 sentences with “provoked”

The visual artist created an impactful work of art that provoked deep reflections on modern society.

That battle provoked grudging admiration from the Romans, who were forced to acknowledge that they had finally met their match, the Persians.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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!