easily provoked
Example Sentences
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"We are not a country that is easily provoked," Fidan said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
In her neighborhood, she had been known as a fighter, easily provoked.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
He is inexperienced, uninformed, easily provoked and supremely confident in his own judgment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2017
Ms. Richards’s stepfather, Dunstan Henry, 42, said she was not someone who was easily provoked to fight.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
Although he is ordinarily good-natured, his anger is easily provoked by any disturbance during working hours.
From Methods of Authors by Hugo Erichsen
