He ruffled the pages of the note-book provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
Todborough, looking more provokingly pretty than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
"How provokingly clever of Lily and Miranda," she said. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
"Speaking of engagements" -- began Madeline provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
John always dressed most provokingly correct on these occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
"Don't be in too much of a hurry to leave," he said provokingly to. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play] Reference
How provokingly calm are the countenances of the five legislators!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
"That is still, almost another command," she retorted provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
"Yes, you do, or you wouldn't get so red," said Mary Ann provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
"Maggie Blake, how can you study so hard, and be so provokingly good?". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young] Reference
Spaniards are provokingly slow, but by riding mule-back five miles away. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Honor looked at him in the most provokingly composed way and said dryly. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
"Only, we shall get it," Duncan replied, in his provokingly straight way. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
Her ripe lips were provokingly near to his -- why not taste their nectar?. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life] Reference
"You're just as provokingly secretive as these navy men," she taunted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Apartment Next Door] Reference
What lovely eyes she's got -- and what a provokingly attractive little nose!. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
"Couldn't think of telling on an empty stomach!" laughed Jimmie provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
They were not alone among the older girls who found Nelson provokingly adamant. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
"Oh, don't lecture me for always being out late," she interrupted, provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
"Yes," argued Dudley, provokingly; "but he was the first one that thought of it!". From Wordnik.com. [His Big Opportunity] Reference
Who could have dreamt those Chipchase girls had such a provokingly pretty cousin?. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
For years I hoped my time would come, but the opportunity was provokingly delayed. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
Nat met her at the station, all smiles, but otherwise provokingly uncommunicative. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays] Reference
Tom Faggus stopped, and the mare stopped there; and they looked at me provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers Third Book] Reference
Tommy sat down on the bottom of the chamber and wrinkled his freckled nose provokingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
Several glanced up and grinned provokingly at the appearance of their head literary editor. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Was she the same Mona, after all, who had so provokingly eluded my love during my former visit?. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Outside, a mocking bird, perched provokingly near her window, kept the night ringing with music. From Wordnik.com. [Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina] Reference
Old George chuckled rather provokingly, and seemed to be taken up with some abstruse calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the White-Rock Cove] Reference
'I don't like sulky natures,' Miss Willoughby went on provokingly, without giving me time to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
How provokingly cool you are, to stand dallying as though you were going on the most indifferent errand!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
"What boys and why the hat?" returned Grace Ford who, pretty and graceful, as always, was provokingly calm. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
How strange, then, that so many girls are so careless, so provokingly careless, of this priceless blessing!. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls] Reference
Aunt Prudence had been told before dinner, and she had taken it in a provokingly quiet fashion that perplexed Beth. From Wordnik.com. [Beth Woodburn] Reference
That lady was provokingly mysterious, and made the difficulty of ascertaining that she knew nothing whatever about Miss. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
"Indeed, I-- I-- my dancing days are over," faltered the widow, half withdrawing her hand, but looking provokingly irresolute. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
It is a very interesting book, as we have it, though at times provokingly unsatisfactory, and at times inflated and silly in style. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
You must forgive me for not recognising you before, but you know of old how provokingly shortsighted I am, and I've forgotten my glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891] Reference
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