And yet this trial did matter to her; hadn't she deliberately provoked it?

No, I hadn't deliberately provoked him by looking away.

He'd threatened me, and then I'd deliberately provoked him by parking across from the gym.

The guards in and around the prison deliberately provoke the political prisoners.

Nothing happened by accident: they were deliberately provoking and teasing my physical response.

His investigations lead him to the conclusion that this accident was deliberately provoked.

What if she deliberately provoked him with her body, which seemed to hold a fascination for him?

A sudden reckless urge to play with fire made her deliberately provoke him.

"I'm beginning to think that I deliberately provoked it."

Baker himself was aware that the book would be controversial, and deliberately provoked much of the reaction he received.