provoker

Example Sentences

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Pundit and eager discourse provoker Matt Yglesias has made a mission of reporting bogus paper tags in D.C., which is plagued by bad drivers from neighboring Maryland and Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2023

For his part, Mr Wilcox, the simian provoker and professor, thinks the movement is related to the decline of the traditional family unit.

From Economist • Jun. 16, 2016

Robin – as in Hood – is a college dropout and provoker of accidents.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

It was not, Federal Judge Robert Merhige insisted, a penalty so much as an expensive thought provoker.

From Time Magazine Archive

They then invoke blessings on the American people, and fervently thank the veteran, who has been at once the provoker of their zeal and the distributor of their bounty.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward