How to Use "provoke" with Example Sentences

1. Did mr nasrallah intend to provoke a powerful reaction ?
2. They might seek to provoke communal or religious clashes .
3. A sectarian auteur with modest means used the web to provoke enemies directly .
4. And worse , it could provoke china into playing the regionalism game .
5. Pope benedict can claim that his remarks last tuesday were not intended to provoke .