Claudia, too, had been so provokinglyquiescent that it was only to be supposed she did not see, and Arthur's wife would require to have all her senses about her.
A man, well and securely hanged, was dangling from a branch of the tree, with his toes most provokingly just beyond reach of the ground.
The old Irish nurse, a veteran and enthusiast in her profession, had more than one contest with this provokingly devoted mother.
Miss Ravenel gave a slight approving nod, but still said nothing, remembering Bull Run and how provokinglyshe had shouted over it.
Very well, dears, so long as you don't make too much noise,' was the sole comment of this most provokinglyplacid lady.
My dear brother, you are spasmodically and provokingly philosophical!
He had obtained two large kitchen ladles, and with these he was propelling and guiding the unwieldy round tub, which bobbed about provokingly on the turbid water, and made but little progress.
Who could have dreamt those Chipchase girls had such a provokingly pretty cousin?
Then came one of those awkward pauses which will occur so very provokingly at the most inopportune times.
Oh, yes; they are often provokingly stubborn and unreasonable, and yet not independent about money, or anything they can get out of you.
But the ground was provokingly level; and so I was at the first mound and over it several lengths in front of the men, and among a lot of black fellows serving the guns.
Telfer wouldn't see them, but got on the poop, as far away as ever he could from the spot where Violet sat nursing her dog and reading a novel, provokingly calm and comfortable to the envious eyes of all the malades around her.
Her friend had been provokingly determined to believe that the subject was disagreeable to her correspondent.
The more she reflected, the more she was persuaded that De Courcy suspected her of encouraging the addresses of Hargrave; addresses now provokingly notorious to all the neighbourhood.
And then, too, you were so provokingly reticent about her whenever her name had been mentioned before.
But Nan was provokingly slow, and when she tried to get in with the bundle still in her arms, the buggy hood was in the way.
Yes; I'm so big it makes me right tired," he said gravely, and his voice cracked provokingly in the middle of it.
We do injustice to Shenstone when we place him beside the giants, and thus provokingly display his true proportions.
Vivian smiled at Miss Fane's warmth, and could not persist in his refusal, although she did dilate most provokingly on the absence of her cousin.
Vivian; and he yawned, and was mostprovokingly uncommunicative.
The little, provokingly handsome sugar-baker must not know that I still remember him, and am dying for his kiss.
These men were leisurely, and Kells wasprovokingly slow.
Gulden drew out several small sacks, which he provokingly placed on the seat in front of him.
If delayed, he would very provokingly just arrive as they would be returning to college.
Why, in the name of all the gods, were there such provokinglyclever people as Seneca, Cicero, Pliny, and a host of others!
He would enjoy meeting the terrible and provokinglydeceased Monsieur Rodrigue, if only to teach him that being terrible is not good manners.
She only looked back at him, so provokingly demure, that something besides the ransom got into his veins.
Mabel stirred her coffee with a dainty air, and then she looked provokingly at Mr. Maclean.
What occupied him was that question of the means towards a full and free Parliament which had been pressed upon him all along his march, and about which he had hitherto been so provokingly ambiguous.
But the numerous Cavaliers in London had been well instructed and lay provokingly still; and the management of the crisis for Richard had passed from Thurloe to the House itself.
Don't be in too much of a hurry to leave," he said provokingly to Charlie, and seizing a pole left by one of the retreating club, pushed off the raft that Charlie had shoved near the shore.
I had but few stocks, and was very anxious to increase the number; but these were provokinglyindifferent to my wishes.
She couldn't help wondering why her Wesley was speaking so earnestly to the Judge, yet in such a provokingly low tone of voice.
But then Sutton proved provokingly unamenable to Felicia's kind designs upon him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "provokingly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
