provocativeness

Example Sentences

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“The music would add something — add some dialogue, add a level of understanding or suggestion or provocativeness — rather than amplify what was already there.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2016

Liz Heron, who also attended the 6 p.m. show, appreciated its provocativeness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2016

It would be formulaic if it were done on anything below full throttle, and if it weren't for the provocativeness of his ideas.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2012

Kissinger again displays an intellectual ambition, provocativeness and mix of sweep and detail that make other memoirs seem pale.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never have I known any one who could concentrate into brows and eyes and chin and lips80 more of that sullen and aggressive obstinacy which is the climax of provocativeness.

From The Plum Tree by Ashe, E. M.