Examples of provocateur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With half-rim glasses and collared shirts, Trewhella looks and sounds more like a professor than a provocateur. Phoebe Petrovic, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024 Donald Trump refused Friday to weigh in on recent comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to the debate and several 9/11 memorial events. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024 Yes, there were venerable antecedents to all these arguments, but what had once been the province of the provocateur was now something of a scholarly consensus. Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 When she was cast as some sort of unstoppable punching machine last week by pundits and provocateurs who had never seen her fight before, opponents and teammates who know her were shocked by the characterization. Greg Beacham, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for provocateur 

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“Provocateur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provocateur. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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