thought-provoking

Example Sentences

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"Visitors can expect something visually spectacular, thought-provoking and full of personality."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

This can be thought-provoking or entertaining, and often holds power to account in the same way mainstream journalists do.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The book has enough thought-provoking elements to keep readers transfixed as our own year comes to an end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

For a while we had fun, slipping into an easy rhythm, having thought-provoking conversations and sharing things about our upbringing that affect us today and ways to break cycles.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

You’ve used your irreverent, hectoring funny and thought-provoking voice to create a space for real conversations about an important subject.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie